Du denkst an mich so selten, Ich denk' an dich so viel, Getrennt [wie beide]1 Welten Ist unser beider Ziel. Ich möchte beide Welten Durchziehn an deiner Hand, Bald schlummern unter Zelten, Bald gehn von Land zu Land. Und willst du mir vergelten Durch Liebe dies Gedicht, Dann fließt um beide Welten Ein rosenfarbnes Licht.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Platens Sämtliche Werke in Vier Bänden, mit einer biographischen Einleitung von Karl Gödeke, Band 1, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta, 1834, pages 131-132; also confirmed with Gesammelte Werke des Grafen August von Platen, erster Band, Stuttgart: Karl Göpel, 1869, page 68. Appears in Lieder und Romanzen.
Note: In later editions of Platen’s works, there were some differences in the text of the second and third stanzas of the poem.
1 Lang: "in beiden"Text Authorship:
- by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, written 1834, appears in Lieder und Romanzen [author's text checked 2 times 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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Du denkst an mich so selten", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran oder Alt) no. 3 (1838), published 1860 [ mezzo-soprano or alto, piano ], Leipzig: Friedrich Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) (Harald Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Joanna Lonergan , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2005-03-24
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