by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803)
Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Das Rosenband
 (Sung text for setting by A. Zemlinsky)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE HEB ITA SPA
  Im Frühlingsgarten fand ich Sie;
Da band ich Sie mit Rosenbändern:
Sie fühlt' es nicht und schlummerte.

  Ich sah Sie an; mein Leben hing
Mit diesem Blick' an ihrem Leben:
Ich fühlt' es wohl, und wußt' es nicht.

  Doch lispelt' ich Ihr sprachlos zu,
Und rauschte mit den Rosenbändern:
Da wachte Sie vom Schlummer auf.

  Sie sah mich an; Ihr Leben hing
Mit diesem Blick' an meinem Leben,
Und um uns ward's Elysium.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), title 1: "Das Rosenband", title 2: "Das schlafende Mädchen", title 3: "Cidli", title 4: "Das schlafende Mägdchen", written 1753, first published 1762

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La cinta rosa", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De rozenband", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "The Rose Chain", first published 1911
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le ruban rose", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Hamutal Atariah) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il laccio di rose", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "La guirnalda de rosas", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 77

Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Nell'ombra di primavera la trovai,
e la legai con un laccio di rose:
lei non se ne accorse, e si addormentò.

Io la guardai: la mia vita si appese
con questo sguardo alla sua vita:
io lo sentii e non lo sapevo.

Ma sussurrai a lei, senza parola,
e ad un fruscio del laccio di rose,
lei si svegliò dal sonno.

Lei mi guardò; la sua vita si appese
con questo sguardo alla mia vita;
e per noi fu l'Elisio.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), title 1: "Das Rosenband", title 2: "Das schlafende Mädchen", title 3: "Cidli", title 4: "Das schlafende Mägdchen", written 1753, first published 1762

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This text was added to the website: 2005-10-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 80