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Am Seegestad', in lauen Vollmondnächten,
Denk' ich nur dich!
Zu deines Namens goldnem Zug verflechten
Die Sterne sich.
Die Wildniß glänzt in ungewohnter Helle,
Von dir erfüllt;
Auf jedes Blatt, in jede Schattenquelle
Malt sich dein Bild.
Gern weil' ich, Grazie, wo du den Hügel
Hinabgeschwebt,
Leicht, wie ein Rosenblatt auf Zephyrs Flügel
Vorüberbebt.
Am Hüttchen dort bekränzt' ich dir, umflossen
Von Abendgluth,
Mit Immergrün und jungen Blüthensprossen
Den Halmenhut.
...
Wohin ich blick' und geh', erblick' ich immer
Den Wiesenplan,
Wo wir der Berge Schnee mit Purpurschimmer
Beleuchtet sahn.
Ihr schmelzend Mailied weinte Philomele
Im Uferhain;
Da fleht' ich dir, im Blick die ganze Seele:
Gedenke mein!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4,6-7 of the original text.
First published in Musen-Almanach für 1793, herausgegeben von Joh. Heinr. Voß, Hamburg, bey C.E.Bohn, pages 184-185. This first edition has an additional (third) stanza which was left out in later editions:
Gern wandl' ich, wo des Erlenbaches Krümme Durch Blumen wallt, Indeß der holde Nachklang deiner Stimme Ins Herz mir hallt.
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Erinnerungen", D 424 (1816), published 1974, stanzas 1-4,6-7 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass ], second setting
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Erinnerungen", written 1792, appears in In der Fremde (Schweiz und Frankreich) (1787-1794), first published 1793
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Herinneringen", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , no title, copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Souvenirs", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ulrich Eisenlohr , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 130
On the seashore, on mild nights lit by the full moon,
I think only of you!
The golden tension of your name becomes intertwined
With the stars.
The wilderness glows with an unusual brightness,
Filled with you.
On every leaf, in every shady spring,
Your picture is being painted.
I happily wait, gracious one, by the hillside
As you float down,
Light, like a rose petal on zephyr's wings
That is shaking as it passes.
Over there at the little hut I put a garland on you, bathed
In evening light.
With evergreen and young flower buds
The garland is on your straw hat.
...
Wherever I look or travel, I always see before me
The plain of meadows
Where we saw the snow on the mountains shimmering purple
As it was lit up.
Philomel cried her melting May song
In the grove by the shore;
That is where I begged you, with all my soul in the look I gave you,
"Remember me!"
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4,6-7 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Malcolm Wren, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Erinnerungen", written 1792, appears in In der Fremde (Schweiz und Frankreich) (1787-1794), first published 1793
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This text was added to the website: 2016-09-11
Line count: 28
Word count: 192