Einsam wandelt dein Freund im Frühlingsgarten,
Mild vom lieblichen Zauberlicht umflossen,
Das durch wankende Blüthenzweige zittert,
Adelaide!

In der spiegelnden Fluth, im Schnee der Alpen,
In des sinkenden Tages [Goldgewölken]1,
Im Gefilde der Sterne stralt dein Bildniß,
Adelaide!

Abendlüftchen im zarten Laube flüstern,
Silberglöckchen des Mais im Grase säuseln,
Wellen rauschen und Nachtigallen flöten:
Adelaide!

Einst, o Wunder! entblüht, auf meinem Grabe,
Eine Blume der Asche meines Herzens;
Deutlich schimmert auf jedem Purpurblättchen:
Adelaide!

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich von Matthisson. Erster Theil. Tübingen, bei Cotta, 1811, page 144, and with Friedrich von Matthisson, Gedichte, fifteenth edition, Orell, Füßli, & Co., 1851, pages 94-95.

First published in Musen-Almanach für 1790, herausgegeben von Joh. Heinr. Voß, Hamburg, bei C.E.Bohn, pages 65-66.

¹ Beethoven, Gerson, and Schubert : "Goldgewölke"

Authorship:

• by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Adelaide", written 1788, appears in In der Fremde (Schweiz und Frankreich) (1787-1794) [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Adelaide", op. 46 (1795/96) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Georg Gerson (1790 - 1825), "Adelaide", G. 64 (1812) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Karl Philipp Emanuel Pilz (1771 - 1810), "Adelaide", published 1790, from Acht gefühlvolle Lieder , no. 1, Leipzig: Breitkopfischen Musikhandlung; can be found in the Landsbibliothek digital collection [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Adelaide", published 1794 [ voice and piano ], from Deutsche Gesänge , Berlin: neuen Musikhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812), "Adelaide", op. 12 no. 1, published 1820 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs deutsche Lieder, no. 1, Mainz: Carl Zulehner [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Adelaide", D 95 (1814), published 1848 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Adelaide" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Adelaide", published [1797] [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder mit Clavierbegleitung , Leipzig, Schmiedt & Rau [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Adelaida", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Adelaïde", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Adelaide", copyright ©
• ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Adelaide", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Jacques L'oiseleur des Longchamps) , "Adelaïde", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Adelaide", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Adelaide", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

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