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

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by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831)

Translation © by Laura 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!

About the headline (FAQ)

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]

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

by Julie Baroni-Cavalcabò (1813 - 1887), "Widerhall", op. 10 no. 3, from Drei deutsche Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by (Carl) Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (1810 - 1849), "Auf ewig dein", op. 14 (Zwei Duette für Sopran und Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1832 [ vocal duet for soprano and bass with piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Widerhall", D 428 (1816), published 1974 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Echo", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Écho", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2005-07-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

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!

About the headline (FAQ)

Translation of title "Widerhall" = "Reverberation"

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

Text Authorship:

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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