To the beloved (Stoll, set by Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Peter Schubert) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Josef Ludwig Stoll (1778 - 1815)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

An die Geliebte

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

O daß ich dir vom stillen Auge
In seinem liebevollen Schein,
Die Thräne von der Wange sauge,
Eh' sie die Erde trinket ein.

Wohl hält sie zögernd auf der Wange,
Und will sich heiß der Treue weihn;
Nun ich sie so im Kuß empfange,
Nun sind auch deine Schmerzen mein.

Confirmed with Selam. Ein Almanach für Freunde des Mannigfaltigen. Herausgegeben von I.F.Castelli. Dritter Jahrgang 1814. Wien, gedruckt und im Verlage bey Anton Strauß, page 205.

Authorship

by Josef Ludwig Stoll (1778 - 1815), "An die Geliebte" [author's text checked 1 time 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), "An die Geliebte", WoO 140 (1811?4). [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "An die Geliebte", D. 303 (1815), published 1887. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A l'estimada", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan de beminde", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To the beloved", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À la bien-aimée", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "All'amata", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2017-06-01 07:12:19
Line count: 8
Word count: 50

To the beloved

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 O, if only from your quiet eye
 in its love-filled gleam
 I might drink the tears from your cheek,
 before the earth drinks them in!

 Well do they hesitate on your cheeks,
 as if to sanctify warmly its fidelity.
 Now I receive it in this kiss;
 now are your pains mine - yes mine!

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Ludwig Stoll (1778 - 1815), "An die Geliebte"

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:51
Line count: 8
Word count: 55