Fliegt der Schnee mir in's Gesicht

Fliegt der Schnee mir in's Gesicht,
Schüttl' ich ihn herunter.
Wenn mein Herz im Busen spricht,
Sing' ich hell und munter.

Höre nicht, was es mir sagt,
Habe keine Ohren.
Fühle nicht, was es mir klagt,
Klagen ist für Thoren.

Lustig in die Welt hinein
Gegen Wind und Wetter!
Will kein Gott auf Erden sein,
Sind wir selber Götter.

Translation(s): CAT DUT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE FRI HEB ITA KOR SPA

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Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Zweites Bändchen. Deßau 1824. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, page 106; and with Deutsche Blätter für Poesie, Litteratur, Kunst und Theater. Herausgegeben von Karl Schall und Karl von Holtei. Breslau 1823, bei Graß, Barth und Comp. No. XLII. 14. März 1823, pages 165-166.

First published in Deutsche Blätter (see above) as no. 9 of the installment of Die Winterreise. Lieder von Wilhelm Müller.

Authorship

• by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Muth!", written 1822-23, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 23, first published 1823 [ author's text verified 2 times]

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

• by Reiner Bredemeyer (1929 - 1995), "Mut", 1984, first performed 1985 [baritone, horn, and piano], from Die Winterreise, no. 23, VEB Deutscher Verlag [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Eduard August Grell (1800 - 1886), "Muth", op. 23 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1843 [voice and piano], Berlin, Trautwein [ sung text not verified ]
• by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Fliegt der Schnee mir in's Gesicht", op. 86 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not verified ]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Mut", op. 89 no. 22, D. 911 no. 22 (1827), published 1828 [voice and piano], from Winterreise, no. 22, Haslinger
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• by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894), "Mut", op. 126 (Zehn Lieder für Männerchor) no. 5, published 1880 [men's chorus], Leipzig, Pfeil [ sung text not verified ]
• by Johannes (Hans) Wolfgang Zender (b. 1936), "Mut", 1993 [tenor and small orchestra], from Schuberts Winterreise, no. 22. [ sung text not verified ]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Coratge", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jelle Leistra) , "Moed", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Moed", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Arthur Rishi) , "Courage", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English [singable] (David Paley) , "Courage", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Courage", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRI Frisian [singable] (Pieter Wiersma) , "Moed", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "אומץ לב", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Coraggio", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "용기!", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Coraggio

Mi vola la neve sul viso,
la scuoto via.
Se il cuore mi parla nel petto,
canto chiaro e allegro.

Non ascolto ciò che mi dice,
non ho orecchie;
non voglio sentire i suoi lamenti,
lamentarsi è da stolti.

Lieto nel mondo, sempre avanti,
contro vento e tempesta!
Se non c'è nessun dio in terra,
siamo noi stessi dèi!

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Muth!", written 1822-23, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 23, first published 1823 CAT DUT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE FRI HEB KOR SPA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Reiner Bredemeyer, Eduard August Grell, Jakob Rosenhain, Franz Peter Schubert, Eduard Tauwitz, Johannes Wolfgang Zender. Go to the text.

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