I’m forever yours! Even if mountains and lakes break apart

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by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

Auf ewig dein! Wenn Berg' und Meere...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Auf ewig dein! Wenn Berg' und Meere trennen,
Wenn Stürme dräun, 
Wenn Weste säuseln oder Wüsten brennen:
Auf ewig dein!

Beim Kerzenglanz im stolzen Marmorsaale,
Beim Silberschein
Des Abendmonds im stillen Hirtenthale:
Auf ewig dein!

Senkt einst mein Genius die Fackel nieder,
Mich zu befrein,
Dann hallts noch im gebrochnen Herzen wieder:
Auf ewig dein!

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich von Matthisson. Erster Theil. Tübingen, bei Cotta, 1811, page 265; with Morgenblatt für gebildete Stände. Vierter Jahrgang. 1810. Im Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung in Tübingen. Nro. 260. Diensttag, 30. Oktober, 1810, page 1037; and with Schriften von Friedrich von Matthisson, Vierter Band, Ausgabe letzter Hand, Zurich: Orell, Fuessli, und Co., 1825, page 181.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Wiederhall", written 1792-93, appears in In der Fremde (Schweiz und Frankreich) (1787-1794), first published 1810 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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I’m forever yours! Even if mountains and...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I’m forever yours! Even if mountains and lakes break apart,
If storms rage, 
Whether waistcoats rustle in the breeze or deserts burn:
I’m forever yours!

Where candles shine in proud marble halls,
In the silvery light
Of the evening moon in a quiet shepherd’s valley:
I’m forever yours!

When my spirit gives up the ghost,
To free myself,
Then it will still echo in broken hearts:
I’m forever yours!

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Translation of title "Widerhall" = "Reverberation"

Translator's note for stanza 3, line 1: literally, "Once my guardian spirit lowers the torch,"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Wiederhall", written 1792-93, appears in In der Fremde (Schweiz und Frankreich) (1787-1794), first published 1810
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 69