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Weine du nicht, o die ich innig liebe, Daß ein trauriger Tag von dir mich scheidet! Wenn [nun wieder]1 Hesperus dir dort lächelt, Komm', ich Glücklicher, wieder! Aber in dunkler Nacht ersteigst du Felsen, Schwebst in täuschender dunkler Nacht auf Wassern! Theilt' ich nur mit dir die Gefahr zu sterben; Würd', ich Glückliche, weinen?
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Klopstocks Oden. Erster Band. Leipzig bey Georg Joachim Göschen. 1798, page 244; and with Oden von Klopstock. WIEN, gedruckt bey Joh. Thomas Edlen von Trattnern, k.k. Hofdruckern und Buchhändlern. 1784, page 224.
1 Hensel: "am Himmel"Authorship:
- by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), "Selma und Selmar", written 1766 [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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Selmar und Selma", H-U 230 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748 - 1798), "Selmar und Selma", published <<1779, from Oden von Klopstock, mit Melodien von Christian Gottlob Neefe, no. 9, Flensburg und Leipzig: In der Kortenschen Buchhandlung; Leipzig: Bey Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Oboussier (1900 - 1957), "Weine du nicht" [ voice, oboe, and harpsichord ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Andreas Jakob Romberg (1767 - 1821), "Selmar und Selma", published 1793 [ voice and piano ], from Oden und Lieder fürs Clavier , no. 5, Bonn: Gestochen und zu haben bey Georg Welsch, Hofmusikus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Selma und Selmar", D 286 (1815), published 1837 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Selma et Selmar", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 54
Ne pleure pas, ô ma bien-aimée, Parce qu'un triste jour te sépare de moi ! Quand Hespérus sourira une fois de plus sur toi ici Je serai de retour dans la félicité ! Mais dans la nuit sombre tu escalades les rochers, Tu dérives dans la nuit sombre et trompeuse sur les eaux ! Si je pouvais maintenant partager avec toi le danger de la mort, Est-ce que je pleurerais dans mon bonheur ?
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), "Selma und Selmar", written 1766
This text was added to the website: 2012-10-02
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Word count: 74