To Chloë (Jacobi, set by (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Johann Georg Jacobi (1740 - 1814)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

An Chloë

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CHI DUT ENG FRE ITA NOR

Wenn die Lieb' aus deinen blauen,
Hellen, offnen Augen sieht,
Und vor Lust hinein zu schauen
Mir's im Herzen klopft und glüht;

Und ich halte dich und küße
Deine Rosenwangen warm,
Liebes Mädchen, und ich schließe
Zitternd dich in meinem Arm,

Mädchen, Mädchen, und ich drücke
Dich an meinen Busen fest,
Der im letzten Augenblicke
Sterbend nur dich von sich läßt;

Den berauschten Blick umschattet
Eine düstre Wolke mir,
Und ich sitze dann ermattet,
Aber selig neben dir.

Authorship

by Johann Georg Jacobi (1740 - 1814) [author's text not yet checked 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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "An Chloë", K. 524, also set in Italian (Italiano), also set in English [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "To Chloë", copyright ©
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , title 1: "A Cloe", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , title 1: "Til Chloë", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (汉语 / 漢語) (Dan Shen) , title 1: "献给克劳艾", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Aan Chloë", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "À Chloé", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

To Chloë

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 When love shines from your blue,
 bright, open eyes,
 and with the pleasure of gazing into them
 my heart pounds and glows;

 and I hold you and kiss
 your rosy, warm cheeks,
 lovely maiden, and I clasp
 you trembling in my arms,

 maiden, maiden, and I press
 you firmly to my breast,
 which at the last moment,
 only at death, will let you go;

 then my intoxicated gaze is shadowed
 by a gloomy cloud,
 and I sit then, exhausted,
 but blissful, next to you.

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Georg Jacobi (1740 - 1814)

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 85