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by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831)

Ida
 (Sung text for setting by L. Reichardt)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
       1.
Wenn ich gestorben bin,
Leg' mich auf's Schifflein hin,
Lege viel Feuer drein,
Daß ich verbrenne rein.
 
       2.
Lasse das Schifflein frei,
Singe dies Sprüchlein bei:
"Heymdal, die Liebe dein
War nicht auf Erden mein.
 
       3.
Und wo mein Schifflein steht,
Der mit zu Grabe geht,
Bei dir, o Heymdal mein,
Steht es am harten Stein.
 
       4.
Hart war dein kalter Sinn,
Um ihn ich storben bin;
Nimm bald das Nachtmahl fein,
Daß du kannst sterben rein."
 
       5.
Weicht dir dies Lied den Sinn,
Wisse du Flockenkinn,
Brennen kann Liebe nicht
Hörtest sonst dieses nicht.

Composition:

    Set to music by Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Ida"

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831), "Ida’s Klagelieder", appears in Ariel’s Offenbarungen

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 25
Word count: 97

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