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Duften nicht die Laubengänge? Hör' ich nicht die Wipfel säuseln, Linde Maienwinde kräuseln Den umbüschten stillen Rhein; Daß mich nicht der Mittag senge, Winken mir verstohl'ne Schatten, Rosenhage, Veilchenmatten, Aber ach, ich bin allein! Unterm blattgewebten Teppich Hör' ich Nachtigallen schlagen, Und die leichtern Echo tragen Ihre Töne durch den Hain; Längs der Eiche dehnt sich Eppich, Wassernymphen lockt die Quelle, Wo mit Welle lispelt Welle, Aber ach, ich bin allein.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Gesammelte Werke des Grafen August von Platen, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1839, page 4."
Notes
Stanza 1, line 4: in Lang's first edition, this line was "Den umbebüschten stillen Rain"; in the 1866 and 1882 editions this line became "Im bebüschten stillen Rain".
Stanza 1, line 7, word 1: in Lang's 1866 edition, this was replaced with "Rosenhayn und", and in the 1882 edtion, "Rosenhain und".
Stanza 2, line 5, word 1: in Lang's first edition, there was a typo here: "Langs"
Stanza 2, line 5, word 6: in Lang's 1882 edition, there was a typo here: "Teppich"
Text Authorship:
- by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), "1815", appears in Lieder und Romanzen [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Word count: 80
Are not the pergolas fragrant, Do I not hear the treetops soughing, Soft May winds rippling The bush-lined waters of the quiet Rhine? That I may not be singed by the noonday sun, Secret shadows beckon me, Rose hedges, carpets of violets, But ah, I am alone! Under the leafy, woven canopy I hear nightingales calling, And the softer echoes carry Their songs through the grove; Along the oak, ivy stretches itself out, Water-nymphs are tempted by the spring, Where wave whispers with wave, But ah, I am alone!
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of titles:
"1815" = "1815"
"Duften nicht die Laubengänge" = "Are not the pergolas fragrant"
"Sehnsucht" = "Longing"
Note for stanza 1, line 4: in Lang's first edition version, this line could be translated "Along the bushy, quiet bank"
Text Authorship:
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), "1815", appears in Lieder und Romanzen
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This text was added to the website: 2006-11-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 97