Portret van een meisje | Wil je, vriend, zal ik Elise

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Schilderung eines Mädchens

(Sung text for setting by L. Beethoven)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE

Schildern, willst du, Freund! soll ich
   Dir Elisen?
Möchte Uzens Geist in mich
   Sich ergiessen!

Wie in einer Winternacht
   Sterne stralen,
Würde ihrer Augen Pracht
   Oeser malen.

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Composition:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Schilderung eines Mädchens"

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Portret van een meisje", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Portrayal of a maiden", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Portrait d'une jeune fille", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 167

Portret van een meisje

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Beethoven)

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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Wil je, vriend, zal ik Elise 
  voor je schetsen?
Mag dan Uzens geest in mij 
  vlug zich nest’len.

Zoals in een winternacht 
  sterren stralen,
Zou haar grote ogenpracht 
  Oeser malen.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Schilderung eines Mädchens"
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