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by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831)

Die Schatten
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Freunde, deren Grüfte sich schon bemoosten!
[Wann]1 der Vollmond über dem Walde dämmert,
Schweben eure Schatten empor vom stillen
Ufer der Lethe.

Seid mir, Unvergeßliche, froh gesegnet!
Du vor Allen, welcher im Buch' der Menschheit
Mir der Hieroglyphen so viel gedeutet,
Redlicher Bonnet!

Längst verschlürft im Strudel der Brandung wäre
Wohl mein Fahrzeug oder am Riff zerschmettert, 
Hättet ihr nicht, Genien gleich, im Sturme
Schirmend gewaltet.

Wiedersehn der Liebenden! wo der Heimath
Goldne Sterne leuchten, o du der armen
Psyche, die gebunden im Grabthal schmachtet, 
[Heiligste]2 Sehnsucht!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Matthisson. Fünfte vermehrte Auflage. Zürich, bei Orell, Füssli und Compagnie. 1802, pages 64-65; and with Gedichte von Friedrich von Matthisson. Zweiter Theil. Tübingen, bei Cotta, 1811, page 103.

First published in Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1799, herausgegeben von Schiller, Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaischen Buchhandlung, page 143 (only stanza 1-3).

1 Matthisson (1811 edition): "Wenn"
2 Schubert: "Himmlische"

Text Authorship:

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

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les ombres", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De schimmen", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The shadows", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les ombres", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 87