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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!
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"Text 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
- JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "アデライーデ", copyright © 2025, (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
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Lourdes Leon) , "Adelaida", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: 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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Einsam vandrar di kjære i den vårmilde hage varsamt omkransa av eit magisk lys som strålar blafrande gjennom spirande greiner Adelaide! Spegla i den brusande foss; i den luftklåre alpesnø; i dei gyldne skyande når dagen sig -- ja, i kvelden sitt stjerneskin strålar ditt andlete fram: Adelaide! Kveldslufta kviskrar i det sarte lauvet, maimånaden sine sølvklokker raslar i graset, bølgjer brest og nattergalen syng: Adelaide! Ein dag -- som ved eit mirakel! -- vil det blomstre frå mi grav ein blome frå oska av mitt hjarte. Klårt, frå kvart eit purpurfarga kronblad, vil det skine: Adelaide!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Adelaide", written 1788, appears in In der Fremde (Schweiz und Frankreich) (1787-1794)
This text was added to the website: 2008-03-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 94