Ween jij maar niet, o die ik innig liefheb

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by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Weine du nicht, o die ich innig liebe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Weine du nicht, o die ich innig liebe,
Daß ein trauriger Tag von dir mich scheidet!
Wenn nun wieder Hesperus dir dort lächelt,
Komm', ich Glücklicher, wieder!

Aber in dunkler Nacht ersteigst du Felsen,
Schwebst in täuschender dunkler Nacht auf Wassern!
Theilt' ich nur mit dir die Gefahr zu sterben;
Würd', ich Glückliche, weinen?

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• F. Hensel

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Confirmed with Klopstocks Oden. Erster Band. Leipzig bey Georg Joachim Göschen. 1798, page 244; and with Oden von Klopstock. WIEN, gedruckt bey Joh. Thomas Edlen von Trattnern, k.k. Hofdruckern und Buchhändlern. 1784, page 224.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), "Selma und Selmar", written 1766 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Ween jij maar niet, o die ik innig...

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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

 Ween jij maar niet, o die ik innig liefheb,
 Nu een treurige dag van jou mij weghaalt!
 Als opnieuw straks Hesperus je daar toelacht,
 Zal ik, gelukkige, thuis zijn!

 Maar in de donk're nacht bestijg jij rotsen,
 Zweeft in dreigende donk're nacht boven waat'ren!
 Deeld' ik maar met jou het gevaar te sterven;
 Zou ik, gelukkige, wenen?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), "Selma und Selmar", written 1766
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