by Johann Georg Jacobi (1740 - 1814)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

An Chloë
 (Sung text for setting by W. Mozart)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CHI DUT ENG FRE ITA JPN LIT NOR
Wenn die Lieb' aus deinen blauen,
Hellen, offnen Augen sieht,
Und vor Lust hineinzuschauen,
Mir's im Herzen klopft und glüht;

Und ich halte dich, und küsse
Deine Rosenwangen warm;
Liebes Mädchen, und ich schließe
Zitternd dich in meinem Arm!

Mädchen, Mädchen! und ich drücke
Dich an meinen Busen fest,
Der im letzten Augenblicke
Sterbend nur dich von sich läßt;

Den berauschten Blick umschattet
Eine düstre Wolke mir;
Und ich sitze dann ermattet,
Aber selig, neben dir;

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Dan Shen) , "献给克劳艾", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan Chloë", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To Chloë", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À Chloé", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "A Cloe", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "クローエに", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Chlojai", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Til Chloë", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 52
Word count: 248

Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
When love shines from your blue,
bright, open eyes,
and with the pleasure of gazing into them
my heart pounds and glows;

And I hold you and kiss
your rosy, warm cheeks;
lovely maiden, and I clasp
you trembling in my arms!

Maiden, maiden, and I press
you firmly to my breast,
which at the last moment,
only at death, will let you go;

Then my intoxicated gaze is cast in shadows
by a gloomy cloud,
and I sit then, exhausted,
but blissful, next to you.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 52
Word count: 86