À Emma | Loin dans le distant brumeux et gris

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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

An Emma

(Sung text for setting by N. von Krufft)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE ITA

Weit in nebelgrauer Ferne
Liegt mir das vergang'ne Glück,
Nur an Einem schönen Sterne
Weilt mit Liebe noch mein Blick,
Aber wie des Sternes Pracht
Ist es nur ein Schein der Nacht.

Deckte dir der lange Schlummer,
Dir der Tod die Augen zu,
Dich besäße doch mein Kummer,
Meinem Herzen lebtest du.
Aber ach! du lebst im Licht,
Meiner Liebe lebst du nicht.

Kann der Liebe süß Verlangen,
Emma, kann's vergänglich seyn?
Was dahin ist und vergangen,
Emma, kann's die Liebe seyn?
Ob der Liebe Lust auch flieht,
Ihre Pein doch nie verglüht.

Composition:

Nikolaus, Freiherr von Krufft

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "An Emma", written 1796, first published 1797

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan Emma", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To Emma", copyright ©
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À Emma", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Ad Emma", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 18
Word count: 98

À Emma

(Sung text translation for setting by N. von Krufft)

See original

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Loin dans le distant brumeux et gris
Repose mon ancien bonheur,
Seulement sur une belle étoile
mon regard s'attarde avec amour.
Mais, comme la magnificence d'une étoile,
C'est seulement une lueur de la nuit.

Si un long sommeil te recouvrait
Et la mort fermait tes yeux,
Ma peine te possèderait pourtant,
Tu vivrais dans mon cœur.
Mais hélas ! tu vis dans la lumière,
Tu ne vis plus pour mon amour.

peut-il, le doux désir de l'amour,
Emma, peut-il être éphémère ?
Ce qui est parti et passé,
Emma, peut-il être l'amour ?
L'ardeur céleste de sa flamme
Meurt-elle comme un bien terrestre ?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "An Emma", written 1796, first published 1797
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