LiederNet logo

CONTENTS

×
  • Home | Introduction
  • Composers (20,143)
  • Text Authors (19,560)
  • Go to a Random Text
  • What’s New
  • A Small Tour
  • FAQ & Links
  • Donors
  • DONATE

UTILITIES

  • Search Everything
  • Search by Surname
  • Search by Title or First Line
  • Search by Year
  • Search by Collection

CREDITS

  • Emily Ezust
  • Contributors (1,114)
  • Contact Information
  • Bibliography

  • Copyright Statement
  • Privacy Policy

Follow us on Facebook

×

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Gisbert, Freiherr von Vincke (1813 - 1892)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

An die Königin Elisabeth
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG
Nur ein Gedanke, der mich freut und quält,
    Hält [ewigwechselnd]1 mir den Sinn gefangen,
    Sodaß der Furcht und Hoffnung Stimmen klangen,
    Als ich die Stunden ruhelos gezählt.

Und wenn mein Herz dieß Blatt zum Boten wählt,
    Und kündet, Euch zu sehen, mein Verlangen,
    Dann, theure Schwester, fasst mich neues Bangen,
    Weil ihm die Macht, es zu beweisen fehlt.

Ich [sah]2 den Kahn, im Hafen fast geborgen,
    Vom Sturm [im]3 Kampf der Wogen festgehalten,
    Des Himmels heit'res Antlitz nachtumgraut.

So bin auch ich bewegt von [bangen]4 Sorgen,
    Vor Euch nicht, Schwester! Doch des Schicksals Walten
    Zerreißt das Segel oft, dem wir vertraut.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   R. Schumann 

View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with: Rose und Distel, Poesien aus England und Schottland, übertragen von Giesbert Freiherrn Vincke, Dessau, Druck und Verlag von Gebrüder Katz, 1853, page 33.

1 Schumann: "ewig"
2 Schumann: "seh"
3 Schumann: "und"
4 Schumann: "Furcht und"

Text Authorship:

  • by Gisbert, Freiherr von Vincke (1813 - 1892), "An die Königin Elisabeth", subtitle: "Von Maria Stuart. Italiänisch", appears in Rose und Distel, Poesien aus England und Schottland, in Erstes Buch, first published 1853 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 1586), "Sonnet to Elisabeth"
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "An die Königin Elisabeth", op. 135 no. 3 (1852), published 1855 [ voice and piano ], from Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart, no. 3, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text checked 2 times]

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan koningin Elisabeth", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To Queen Elizabeth", subtitle: "By Mary Stuart. [original in] Italian", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Ted Perry , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-02-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 105

Aan koningin Elisabeth
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Slechts één gedachte kwelt mij dag en nacht,
Houdt mij in angst en vreugd gevangen.
Mijn geest blijft tussen vrees en hopen hangen,
'k Heb al mijn uren slaaploos doorgebracht.
 
En als dit blad, dat 'k mij als bode dacht,
Die u te zien bericht als mijn verlangen,
Dan, lieve zuster, raak ik weer bevangen,
Want als bewijsstuk mist het elke kracht.
 
Ik zie een schip, in de1 haven haast geborgen,
Door storm en woeste golven voortgedreven,
De held're hemel plots'ling zwart en koud.
 
Zo word ook ik beroerd door vrees en zorgen,
Door u niet, zuster. Maar door noodlots streven
Wordt vaak het zeil verscheurd, ons lijfsbehoud.

View original text (without footnotes)
1 In de: te zingen op twee zestienden

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2012 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

    Lau Kanen.  Contact: boudewijnkanen (AT) gmail (DOT) com


    If the copyright-holder(s) are unreachable for three business days, please write to: licenses@email.lieder.example.net


Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Gisbert, Freiherr von Vincke (1813 - 1892), "An die Königin Elisabeth", subtitle: "Von Maria Stuart. Italiänisch", appears in Rose und Distel, Poesien aus England und Schottland, in Erstes Buch, first published 1853
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 1586), "Sonnet to Elisabeth"
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 109

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project by Emily Ezust, who has been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your help is greatly appreciated!
–Emily Ezust, Founder

Donate

We use cookies for internal analytics and to earn much-needed advertising revenue. (Did you know you can help support us by turning off ad-blockers?) To learn more, see our Privacy Policy. To learn how to opt out of cookies, please visit this site.

I acknowledge the use of cookies

Contact
Copyright
Privacy

Copyright © 2025 The LiederNet Archive

Site redesign by Shawn Thuris