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possibly by ?, Graf von Giech and by Georg Joseph Keller (1798 - 1865)

Du bist ja niemal fern von mir
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Du bist ja [niemal]1 fern von mir,
Weil [tief ich Dich]2 im Herzen trage.
[Der Spruch erstickt mir jede Klage:]3 
"[Du bist ja niemal fern von mir!]4"
Doch sehnt sich [stäts]5 mein Herz nach Dir, 
Wenn ich auch noch so oft mir sage:
"Du bist ja [niemal]1 fern von mir,
Weil [tief ich Dich]2 im Herzen trage."

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Lang 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Dr. Georg Joseph Keller, Zweiter Band, Würzburg: Auf Kosten des Verfassers, 1846, page 128.

Confirmed with Mnemosyne oder Erinnerungsblatt für Geschichte, Literatur und Kunst, Sechster Jahrgang, Würzburg: Im Verglage der Stabel'schen Buchhandlung: 1831. Poet given as "G. Ph. R."; one of Lang's manuscripts says "Gedicht von Grafen von Giech. This source has the subtitle: "Triolettt" [sic].

1 Lang and Mnemosyne publication: "niemals"
2 Lang and Mnemosyne publication: "ich Dich tief"
3 Lang: "Und daß du niemals fern von mir"
4 Lang: "Ein reicher Trost in meiner Klage."; Mnemosyne publication: "Du bist ja niemals fern von mir!"
5 Lang and Mnemosyne publication: "stets"

Text Authorship:

  • possibly by ?, Graf von Giech , "Ewige Nähe" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
  • by Georg Joseph Keller (1798 - 1865), "Ewige Nähe" [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  • by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Du bist ja niemals fern von mir ", 1838 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2011-12-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 65

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