Farewell | I see my beloved in a dream

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by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Fahr' wohl

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich seh' mein Lieb' im Traume,
Leuchtend und thränenklar;
Im weißen Mondesstrahle
Glänzet ihr dunkles Haar.

Wie fromm der wehende Schleier
Die liebe Stirn umgiebt!
Ihr süßen, weinenden Augen,
Ich fühle, daß ihr mich liebt!

Fahr wohl, so spricht sie traurig
In klagender Melodie;
Ich rufe sie laut beim Namen,
Ich sinke vor ihr auf's Knie.

Ich küsse ihr bebend die Hände, --
Da bin ich aufgewacht . . . 
Ein Schluchzen, -- Todtenstille, --
Und rings die eisige Nacht.

Confirmed with Ernst Eckstein, In Moll und Dur, Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1877, pages 16-17.

Text Authorship:

by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900), "Fahrwohl", appears in In Moll und Dur, in 1. Erste Abtheilung [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Ernst Wernich , "Fahr' wohl", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Plothow [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Farewell", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

Farewell

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I see my beloved in a dream,
Radiant and clear through tears;
In the white beams of the moon
Her dark hair gleams.

How her veil piously
Swirls about her dear brow!
You sweet, weeping eyes,
I feel it that you love me!

Farewell, thus she speaks sadly
In a lamenting melody;
I call her by name loudly,
I sink to my knees before her.

Trembling, I kiss her hands, --
At that I wakened . . . 
A sobbing, -- deathly stillness, --
And round about the icy night.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900), "Fahrwohl", appears in In Moll und Dur, in 1. Erste Abtheilung
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This text was added to the website: 2022-04-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 87