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by Anton Simon (1760 - 1810)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

Das Bild
 (Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE
Ein Mädchen ist's, das früh und spät
Mir vor der Seele schwebet,
Ein Mädchen, wie es steht und geht,
Aus Himmelsreiz gewebet.
Ich seh's, wenn in mein Fenster mild
Der junge Morgen blinket;
Ich seh's, wenn, lieblich wie das Bild,
Der Abendstern mir winket.

Mir folgt's, ein treuer Weggenoß
Zur Ruh' und ins Getümmel:
Ich fänd' es in der Erde Schooß;
Ich fänd' es selbst im Himmel.
Es schwebt vor mir in Feld und Wald,
Prangt über'm Blumenbeete,
Und glänzt in Seraphimsgestalt
Am Altar, wo ich bete.

 ... 

Allein das Bild, das spät und früh
Mir vor der Seele schwebet,
Ist's nur Geschöpf der Phantasie,
Aus Luft und Traum gewebet?
O nein! so warm auch Liebe mir 
Das Engelbildniß mahlet;
Ist's doch nur Schatten von der Zier,
Die an dem Mädchen strahlet.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,7 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Das Bild", op. posth. 165 no. 3, D 155 (1815), published 1852, stanzas 1,2,7

Text Authorship:

  • by Anton Simon (1760 - 1810), "Das Bild", subtitle: "An Idalien", first published 1792

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La imatge", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het beeld", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The picture", copyright ©
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "The image", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le portrait", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 64
Word count: 346

La imatge
 (Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)
 See original
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
És una noia, que del matí al vespre
sura davant la meva ànima,
una noia que sembla ben bé
feta d’encants celestials.
La veig, quan a la meva finestra
llueix l’albor del matí,
la veig, quan gentilment, la imatge
de l’estrella del vespre em fa signes.

Em segueix, fidel companya de camí,
en la calma i en el tumult,
la trobaria a les entranyes de la terra,
la trobaria fins i tot al cel.
Sura davant meu als camps i als boscos,
resplendeix als planters de flors
i brilla en l’aparença d’un serafí
a l’altar on jo reso.

 ... 

Però la imatge, que del matí al vespre,
sura davant la meva ànima,
és tan sols un producte de la fantasia,
feta d’aire i de somnis?
Oh no, per més afectuosa que l’amor
em pinti aquesta imatge angèlica,
és solament una ombra de la gràcia
que d’aquesta noia refulgeix.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,7 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 Anton Simon (1760 - 1810), "Das Bild", subtitle: "An Idalien", first published 1792
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This text was added to the website: 2018-04-19
Line count: 64
Word count: 147

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