Ich denke dein, wenn mir der Sonne Schimmer [Vom Meere]1 strahlt; Ich denke dein, wenn sich des Mondes [Flimmer]2 In Quellen mahlt. Ich sehe dich, wenn auf dem fernen Wege Der Staub sich hebt; In tiefer Nacht, wenn auf dem schmalen [Stege]3 Der Wandrer bebt.4 Ich höre dich, wenn dort mit dumpfem Rauschen Die Welle steigt. Im [stillen]5 [Haine geh']6 ich oft [zu]7 lauschen, Wenn alles schweigt. Ich bin bei dir, du seyst auch noch so ferne, Du bist mir nah! Die [Sonne]8 sinkt, [bald]9 leuchten mir die Sterne. O wärst du da!
L. Beethoven sets stanza 1
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 65, and with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1796, herausgegeben von Schiller. Neustrelitz, bei dem Hofbuchhändler Michaelis, page 5.
Note: Wilhelmj's score has a typo in stanza 1, line 3: word 5 is "dich" instead of "sich".
1 Beethoven: "Von Meeren"; Unger: "Von Neuem"2 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "Schimmer"
3 Schubert: "Wege"
4 Backer-Grøndahl adds "Ich sehe dich."
5 Lang (op. 5 only): "dunklen"
6 Schubert: "Hain, da geh"; Unger: "Hain gehe"
7 Lang (op. 5 only): "um zu"
8 Wolfrum: "Sonne, sie"
9 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "es"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Nähe des Geliebten", written 1795, first published 1795
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nabijheid van de beminde", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Nearness to the Beloved", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Proximité du bien-aimé", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Presenza della persona amata", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "Penso em ti", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 93
Jeg mindes dig, naar Solen Havet maaler Med gyldne Fjed, Jeg mindes dig, naar sölvklar Maanen straaler Til Kilden ned. Jeg skuer dig, naar Veiens Stövsky svæver Mig let forbi; I Nattens Mulm, naar Vandringsmanden bæver Paa ensom Sti. Jeg skuer dig. Jeg hörer dig, naar Stormen kaster Voven Med Larm mod Kyst; Og længselsfluldt tidt lytter jeg i Skoven, Naar Alt er tyst! Jeg er hos dig! hvor langt du end dig fjerner, Er du mig nær! Nu Sol gaar ned, snart tindre Nattens Stjerner; O var du der!
Composition:
- Set to music by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), no title, op. 4 (Syv Sange af J. Goethe, H. Heine, E. Geibel) no. 7 [ voice and piano ], Kjöbenhavn: Wilhelm Hansens Forlag og Eiendom, also set in German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Nähe des Geliebten", written 1795, first published 1795
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 87