À Lili | Dans cet charmante vallée, sur les hauteurs couvertes de neige

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

An Lili

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CHI FRE

Im holden Tal, auf schneebedeckten Höhen
War stets dein Bild mir nah;
Ich sah's um mich in lichten Wolken wehen,
Im Herzen war mir's da.

Empfinde hier, wie mit allmächt'gem Triebe
Ein Herz das andre zieht,
Und daß vergebens Liebe
Vor Liebe flieht.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "An Lili" [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 Otto Klemperer (1885 - 1973), "An Lili", 1915 [sung text not yet checked]
by Bernhard Ernst Scholz (1835 - 1916), "An Lili ", op. 44 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1879 [ low voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]

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

CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "致莉莉", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À Lili", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

À Lili

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Dans cet charmante vallée, sur les hauteurs couvertes de neige,
Ton image était toujours près de moi ;
Je la voyait planer autour de moi, dans les légers nuages,
Elle était là, dans mon cœur.

J'ai ressenti ici combien avec un instinct tout puissant
Un cœur en attire un autre,
Et que l'amour en vain
Fuit devant l'amour.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "An Lili"
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This text was added to the website: 2011-07-15
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Word count: 57