Denk, o Lieber! Deines armen Freundes!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
v. Kronhelm
Denk, o Lieber! Deines armen Freundes!
Stark, und heiß, und treu, wie Geßners Schäfer,
Hat sein Herz geliebt;
Aber weine, Freund!
Ich werde sterben!
Denn ich liebte stark, und heiß, und treu!
Und zerrissen ist das Band der Liebe!
Ach die Zeiten sind dahin,
Da ich glücklich war, wie Geßners Schäfer!
Weine, Freund! und denke meiner!
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Confirmed with Johann Martin Miller, Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte, Erster Theil, Zwote, rechmässige und verbesserte Auflage, Leipzig: in der Weygandschen Buchhandlung, 1777, page 342
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Think, oh dear one! think of your poor...
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Think, oh dear one! [think] of your poor friend!
Intensely and fervently and faithfully, like Geßner's shepherd,
Did his heart love;
But weep, friend!
I shall die!
For I loved intensely and fervently and faithfully!
And the bond of love is torn asunder!
Ah the times are past,
[The times] when I was happy, as was Geßner's shepherd!
Weep, friend! and think of me!
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