Your sweet image, Edone

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by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Lyda

(Sung text for setting by B. Weber)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Dein süßes Bild, Edone,
Schwebt stets vor meinem Blick;
Allein in trüben Zähren,
Daß du es selbst nicht bist.

Ich seh' es, wenn der Abend
Mir dämmert, wenn der Mond
Mir glänzt, seh' ich's, und weine,
Daß du es selbst nicht bist.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Composition:

Bernhard Anselm Weber

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), "Edone", written 1767

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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) , "Edone", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Édone", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

Your sweet image, Edone

(Sung text translation for setting by B. Weber)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Your sweet image, Edone,
Is forever hovering before my eyes;
Yet my vision is clouded by tears
Because it is the image, not you yourself.

I see it when evening
Plunges me into twilight, when the moon
Shines on me, I see it and weep
Because it is the image, not you yourself.

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