My dear child, adieu!

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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mein liebes Kind, Ade

(Sung text for setting by F. Kiel)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Mein liebes Kind, ade!
Ich konnt' ade nicht sagen
Als sie dich fortgetragen,
Vor tiefem, tiefem Weh.
 
Und auf lichtgrünem Plan
Stehst du im Myrtenkranze,
Und lächelst aus dem Glanze
Mich still voll Mitleid an.
 
Und Jahre nahn und gehn,
Wie bald bin ich verstoben -
O bitt für mich da droben,
Daß wir uns wiedersehn!

Composition:

Friedrich Kiel

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Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 10

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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My dear child, adieu!

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Kiel)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

My dear child, adieu!
I could not say adieu
When they carried you away,
Because of my deep, deep sorrow.

Now upon a bright green plain
You stand wearing a myrtle wreath,
And from out the brightness you
Quietly smile at me, full of sympathy.

And years approach and pass,
How soon shall I be dispersed --
Oh entreat for me there above,
That we may see each other again.

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English poem title: 10. of "On the Death of My Child"
English song title (Fieletz, Kiel): My dear child, adieu!
English song title (Herzogenberg): Adieu!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 10
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