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Du bist ja [niemal]1 fern von mir, Weil [tief ich Dich]2 im Herzen trage. [Der Spruch erstickt mir jede Klage:]3 "[Du bist ja niemal fern von mir!]4" Doch sehnt sich [stäts]5 mein Herz nach Dir, Wenn ich auch noch so oft mir sage: "Du bist ja [niemal]1 fern von mir, Weil [tief ich Dich]2 im Herzen trage."
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Gedichte von Dr. Georg Joseph Keller, Zweiter Band, Würzburg: Auf Kosten des Verfassers, 1846, page 128.
Confirmed with Mnemosyne oder Erinnerungsblatt für Geschichte, Literatur und Kunst, Sechster Jahrgang, Würzburg: Im Verglage der Stabel'schen Buchhandlung: 1831. Poet given as "G. Ph. R."; one of Lang's manuscripts says "Gedicht von Grafen von Giech. This source has the subtitle: "Triolettt" [sic].
1 Lang and Mnemosyne publication: "niemals"2 Lang and Mnemosyne publication: "ich Dich tief"
3 Lang: "Und daß du niemals fern von mir"
4 Lang: "Ein reicher Trost in meiner Klage."; Mnemosyne publication: "Du bist ja niemals fern von mir!"
5 Lang and Mnemosyne publication: "stets"
Text Authorship:
- possibly by ?, Graf von Giech , "Ewige Nähe" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by Georg Joseph Keller (1798 - 1865), "Ewige Nähe" [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- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Du bist ja niemals fern von mir", 1838 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-08
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You are never far from me Because I carry you deep within my heart! [This maxim stifles every one of my laments: "You are never far from me!"]1 Yet my heart always longs for you Even though I so often say to myself: "You are never far from me Because I carry you deep within my heart."
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View text without footnotesTranslated titles:
"Du bist ja niemals fern von mir" = "You are never far from me"
"Ewige Nähe" = "Eternal nearness"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2011 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by ?, Graf von Giech and by Georg Joseph Keller (1798 - 1865), "Ewige Nähe"
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 58