by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
 ... 

Von Wolken streifenhaft befangen,
Versank zu Nacht des Himmels reinstes Blau;
Vermagert blaß sind meine Wangen
Und meine Herzenstränen grau. 

Laß mich nicht so in Nacht, den Schmerzen
Du Alllerliebstes, du mein Mondgesicht! 
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Composition:

    Set to music by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Goethe-Fragment", 1953, stanzas 2, 3:1-2

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Florence T. Jameson) , "Remembrance"
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Écho", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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