Wo irr'st Du durch einsame Schatten der Nacht? Wo bist Du mein Leben, mein Glück? Schon sind die Gestirne der Nacht Aus thauenden Wolken erwacht, Und ach, der Geliebte kehrt noch nicht zurück! Sey, schönster der Sterne, dem Liebenden hold, Geleit' ihn mit freundlichem Strahl! Hier seufz' ich und harre noch sein, Ich seufze verlassen, allein, Und noch rausche kein Wandeln durch's schweigende Thal! Was flüsterst Du quälende Ahnung mir denn; Ach, daß ich sein Herz wohl verlor? Er könnte vergessen den Bund, Den oft mir so zärtlich sein Mund In seligen Stunden der Liebe beschwor?
F. Schubert sets stanza 1
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1805. Egeria, herausgegeben von Karl Müchler. Berlin. Bey Johann Friedrich Unger. 1805, pages 70-71.
The poem is the song of Almerine, a central character in the novella "Diego Manzanares" by Ernestine von Krosigk, geb. Krüger (pages 47-82 of the above source). The text has long been misattributed to Franz von Schlechta, and the names have been misspelled "Ilmerine" and "Diego Manazares".
Text Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Franz Xaver Freiherr von Schlechta (1796 - 1875)
- by Ernestine von Krosigk (1767 - 1843), no title, first published 1805 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Aus Diego Manzanares. Almerine", alternate title: "Aus Diego Manazares. Ilmerine", D 458 (1816), published 1872, stanza 1 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Uit 'Diego Manzanares': Ilmerine", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ilmerine", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 96