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by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Lehnst du deine bleichgehärmte Wange
Immer noch an diesen Aschenkrug?
Weinend um den Todten, den schon lange
Zu der Seraphim Triumphgesange
Der Vollendung Flügel trug?

Siehst du Gottes Sternenschrift dort flimmern,
Die der bangen Schwermuth Trost verheißt?
Heller wird der Glaube dir nun schimmern,
Daß hoch über seiner Hülle Trümmern
Walle des Geliebten Geist!

Wohl, o wohl dem liebenden Gefährten
Deiner Sehnsucht, er ist ewig dein!
Wiedersehn, im Lande der Verklärten,
Wirst du, Dulderin, den Langentbehrten,
Und wie er unsterblich seyn!

First published in Musen-Almanach für 1786, herausgegeben von Voß und Goeking, Hamburg, bey Carl Ernst Bohn, pages 24-25, with the title "Die Unsterblichkeit", subtitle "An Elisa". This first edition has an additional (third) stanza which was left out in later editions.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Troost voor Elisa", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Comfort for Elisa", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Réconfort pour Élise", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 81