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Laßt mich, ob ich auch still verglüh',
Laßt mich nur stille gehn;
Sie seh' ich spät, Sie seh' ich früh
Und ewig vor mir stehn.
Was ladet ihr zur Ruh' mich ein?
Sie nahm die Ruh' mir fort;
Und wo Sie ist, da muß ich seyn,
Hier sey es oder dort.
Zürnt diesem armen Herzen nicht,
Es hat nur einen Fehl:
Treu muß es schlagen bis es bricht,
Und hat deß nimmer Hehl.
...
Im Leben denn und auch im Tod',
Im Himmel, so wie hier,
Im Glück und in der Trennung Noth
Gehör' ich einzig Ihr.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,5 of the original text.
Note: Johanna Schopenhauer wrote in the foreword of her novel (Gabriele. Erster Theil. Leipzig: 1819, Vorwort, page VIII), that the poems in her book ar not by herself, but have been supplied by Friedrich von Gerstenbergk. Nevertheless, the poem is often misattributed to Johanna Schopenhauer.
Composition:
- Set to music by August Ferdinand Häser (1779 - 1844), "Treue", stanzas 1-3,5
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Konrad Ludwig Gerstenbergk (1780 - 1838), "Hippolits Lied", first published 1821
- sometimes misattributed to Johanna Schopenhauer (1766 - 1838)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 118
Deixeu-me que em consumeixi en silenci,
deixeu-me tan sols marxar en pau;
la veig a darrera hora, la veig d’hora al matí
i sempre és davant meu.
Per què m’inciteu al repòs?
Ella em prengué tot el repòs;
i on ella estigui, hi haig de ser jo,
ja sigui aquí o allà.
No us enutgeu amb aquest pobre cor
que només té una mancança:
ha de bategar fidelment fins que es trenqui
i això mai ho ha amagat.
...
En la vida i també en la mort,
en el cel, com aquí a la terra,
en la felicitat i en el dolor de la separació,
jo pertanyo únicament a ella.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,5 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2018 by Salvador Pila, (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 Georg Friedrich Konrad Ludwig Gerstenbergk (1780 - 1838), "Hippolits Lied", first published 1821 and misattributed to Johanna Schopenhauer (1766 - 1838)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-14
Line count: 20
Word count: 133