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."
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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"
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You are never far from me
Because I carry you deep within my heart!
[This maxim stifles every one of my laments:
"You are never far from me!"]1
Yet my heart always longs for you
Even though I so often say to myself:
"You are never far from me
Because I carry you deep within my heart."