Nach jenen blauen Bergen senden
Willst du die Blicke sehnsuchtsvoll,
Willst, daß auch ich mein Aug hin wenden
Und [deinem]1 dort begegnen soll.
So klammre dich denn, wundes Herze,
An jenen starren Felsen an!
Grab' dort dich ein mit deinem Schmerze,
Dem nur der Ihre gleichen kann!
So findet dort euch, treue Seelen!
Zusammen schmied' euch fest der Gram!
Nichts wird euch in der Wildniß fehlen
Ob [euch]2 das Schicksal alles nahm.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• J. Lang View text without footnotes
Confirmed with two manuscript copies of this unpublished poem: one in Marbach (Christian Reinhold Köstlin’s poetry manuscripts, Z 2704, poem [71.], Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach, Germany) and one in Stuttgart (Christian Reinhold Köstlin’s poetry manuscripts, Cod.hist. 4º 437, Fasz. 10a Nr. 1, poem [12], Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, Germany). The Stuttgart manuscript is titled "Zusammen" but the Marbach manuscript has no title and is dated 16. Juli, [1840].
1 Lang: "deinen"
2 Lang: "auch"
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) (Harald Krebs) , "Together", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Joanna Lonergan , Sharon Krebs
[Senior Associate Editor]This text was added to the website: 2005-03-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 75
Toward those blue mountains you wish
To send your yearning gaze,
[You] wish me also to turn my eyes toward them
And to meet [your gaze]1 there.
So clutch then, wounded heart,
Those stark cliffs!
Dig yourself into them with your pain,
Which can be equaled only by hers [the beloved's]!
So find each other there, faithful souls!
May pain weld you firmly together!
You shall lack nothing in the wilderness,
Even if fate took everything from you.
