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sometimes misattributed to Johann Georg Jacobi (1740 - 1814) and by C. J. (or I.) Widmann

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mein Plätzchen

(Sung text for setting by J. Lang)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich weiß mir ein Plätzchen, so heimlich und kühl!
    Das lockt mich mit Freundlichkeit an,
Das gibt mir, wohlthätig der Freuden so viel!
    Da bin ich, so oft ich nur kann.

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Wie schön hier die Gipfel des Berges begrenzt
   Die Burg, die so herrlich sich zeigt;
Am herrlichsten, wenn sie in Feuergold glänzt,
    Und Phöbus zum Meere sich neigt.

Die Kräuter der Wiesen, die Blüthen im Hain
    Verstreuen erquickenden Duft;
Kommt Zephyr und schmeichelt bei dämmerndem Schein
    Des Hespers die schlummernde Luft.

Da sitz ich verloren in glücklicher Ruh,
    Der Unmuth zerfließt dann, wie Schaum!
Das Götterkind Phantasus schleicht sich hinzu,
    Und schwatzt mich in seligen Traum.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4-6 of the original text.

Confirmed with Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1824 der Liebe und Freundschaft gewidmet, herausgegeben von Dr. Stephan Schütze, Frankfurt am Main: Friedrich Wilmans, 1824, pages 310-11.

Composition:

Josephine Lang

Text Authorship:

sometimes misattributed to Johann Georg Jacobi (1740 - 1814)
by C. J. (or I.) Widmann , "Mein Plätzchen"

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "My little place", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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My little place

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Lang)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I know of a little place, so secret and cool!
    It tempts me with friendliness,
It beneficently gives me so many pleasures!
    I go there as often as I can.

 ... 

How lovely here the peaks  of the mountain are bordered
    By the castle, which displays itself so magnificently.
It is most beautiful when it glows in fiery gold
    And Phoebus leans toward the sea.

The herbs of the meadows, the blossoms in the grove
    Strew rejuvenating scents.
Zephyr comes and caresses, in the twilight glow
    Of Hesperus the evening star, the slumbering breezes.

There I sit lost in happy peace.
    All ill humor dissolves like foam.
Phantasus, the child of the gods, creeps up to join me
    And prattles to me until I drift into a happy dream.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4-6 of the original text.

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