Lament | Wherever I am, far and near

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by Elsa Maria von Packeny (1867 - 1941), as Elsa Asenijeff

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Klage

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Wo ich bin, fern und nah,
Steht dein edles Haupt meinen Augen da...
Nimmermehr bin ich mit mir!
Über all, wo ich geh und steh, bist du allhier.
Träum' ich nachts, bist du da;
Wach ich, steht mir dein Antlitz nah;
Schließ ich die Augen, seh ich dich,
Immer dich, ewiglich!

Text Authorship:

by Elsa Maria von Packeny (1867 - 1941), as Elsa Asenijeff [author's text not yet checked 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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Klage", 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Elsa Asenijeff, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Plany", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Lament", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Plainte", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

Lament

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Wherever I am, far and near,	 
There stands your noble visage before my eyes...
Nevermore am I [alone] wth myself!
Over all, wherever I go and stop, you are everywhere.
[When] I dream at night, you are there;
[When] I wake, your image stands near me;
[When] I close my eyes, I see you,
Always you, eternally!

Translator's note for line 1 ("far and near"): this is unusual in both languages, as the standard idiom in German is "nah und fern," like "near and far" in English.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Elsa Maria von Packeny (1867 - 1941), as Elsa Asenijeff
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This text was added to the website: 2015-09-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 57