Steige auf, du goldne Sonne

Steige auf, du goldne Sonne,
Aus der sturmdurchrauschten Fluth,
Lodre, heiße Liebeswonne,
Brich hervor, verhaltne Gluth!
Ohne Wanken, ohne Schwanken
Eine Lust nur und ein Leid
Wohnt in Wünschen und Gedanken
Und nur eine Seligkeit.

Was auf Erden lebt und webet,
Und was wandelt durch den Raum,
Was die Welle senkt und hebet,
Und was singt und klingt im Traum,
Alles Wehen, alles Stehen
In des Lebens großem Haus,
Alles Werden und Vergehen
Haucht der Liebe Athem aus.

Soll ich leben, muß ich lieben,
Und, Geliebte, höre mich:
Lieber aus der Welt vertrieben,
Als darin sein ohne dich!
Wie aus Bahnen laß mich ahnen
Aus den Augen mein Geschick,
Wie der Liebe leises Mahnen
Dulde meinen stummen Blick.

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• by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910), appears in Der Rattenfänger von Hameln: Eine Aventiure, first published 1876 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by Albert Ernst Anton Becker (1834 - 1899), "Steige auf, du goldne Sonne", op. 13 no. 4, published 1877 [high voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder aus der Aventiure Der Rattenfänger von Hameln von Wolff, no. 4, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Hermann Gehrmann , "Steige auf du gold'ne Sonne", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1890 [voice and piano], Berlin, Hollstein [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Hermann Genss (1856 - 1940), "Steige auf, du goldne Sonne", op. 1 no. 2, published 1878 [voice and piano], from Zwei Lieder aus: Der Rattenfänger von Hameln, von Wolff, no. 2, Leipzig, Forberg [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Richard Heuberger (1850 - 1914), "Steige auf, du gold'ne Sonne", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1879 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Franz (Friedrich) von Holstein (1826 - 1878), "Steige auf, du goldne Sonne", op. 39, Heft 1 (Liebeslieder (Hunold's Werbelieder)) no. 3, published 1877 [voice and piano], from Lieder aus Julius Wolff's Rattenfänger von Hameln, no. 3, Leipzig, Fritzsch [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Steige auf, du goldne Sonne", op. 31 (Sieben Liebeslieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1881 [voice and piano], Berlin, Simon [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Robert Ludwig , "Steige auf, du gold'ne Sonne", op. 1 no. 3, published 1880 [tenor and piano], from Vier Lieder aus Wolff's Rattenfänger von Hameln, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Hermann Putsch , "Steige auf du gold'ne Sonne", op. 13 no. 3, published 1880 [tenor and piano], from Vier Lieder aus Wolff's Rattenfänger von Hameln, no. 3, Berlin, Sulzbach [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Ludwig Scherff , "Steige auf, du goldne Sonne", op. 17 no. 11, published 1881 [voice and piano], from Liedercyklus aus Wolff's Rattenfänger von Hameln, no. 11, Hamburg, Niemeyer [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Steige auf du goldene Sonne", op. 2 no. 13 (1881/82), published 1882 [voice and piano], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte aus Julius Wolff's Aventiure "Der Rattenfänger von Hameln", no. 13, Hamburg, Fr. Schuberth [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Steige auf: "Steige auf du gold'ne Sonne", op. 19 (Vier Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [medium voice and piano], Dresden, Ries [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2010-02-27 00:00:00.

Last modified: 2015-06-03 13:08:46

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Arise, you golden sun

Arise, you golden sun
From the storm-tossed floodwaters,
Blaze, fervent joy of love,
Break forth, dammed-up flames!
Without wavering, without faltering
Only a single joy and a single pain
Dwells in wishes and thoughts,
And a single blissfulness.
 
What lives and moves upon earth
And what wanders through space,
What the waves drop and lift,
And what sings and resounds in dreams,
All blowing, all standing still
In the great house of life,
All becoming and dissolving
Is exhaled by the breath of love.
 
If I should live, then I must love,
And, beloved, hear me:
I would rather be driven out of the world,
Than be in it without you!
As from pathways grant me insight into
My fate through your eyes,
Like the quiet reproaches of love,
Endure my mute gaze.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910), appears in Der Rattenfänger von Hameln: Eine Aventiure, first published 1876
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Albert Ernst Anton Becker, Hermann Gehrmann, Hermann Genss, Richard Heuberger, Franz von Holstein, Arno Kleffel, Robert Ludwig, Hermann Putsch, Ludwig Scherff, Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer, Adolf Wallnöfer. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2015-06-03 00:00:00.

Last modified: 2015-06-04 22:24:41

Line count: 24
Word count: 133