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Allein, nachdenklich, wie gelähmt vom Krampfe, Durchmess' ich öde Felder, schleichend träge, Und wend' umher den Blick, zu fliehn die [Stege]1, Wo eine Menschenspur den Sand nur stampfe. Nicht andre Schutzwehr find' ich mir im Kampfe Vor dem Erspähn des Volks in alle Wege, Weil man im Thun, wo keine Freude rege, Von außen lieset, wie ich innen dampfe. So daß ich glaube jetzt, Berg und Gefilde, Und Fluß und Waldung weiß, aus welchen Stoffen Mein Leben sey, das sich verhehlt jedweden. Doch find' ich nicht so rauhe Weg' und wilde, Daß nicht der Liebesgott mich stets getroffen, Und führt mit mir, und ich mit ihm dann Reden.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Blumensträusse italiänischer, spanischer und portugiesischer Poesie von August Wilhelm Schlegel. Berlin. In der Realschulbuchhandlung. 1804, page 22.
1 Schubert: "Wege"Text Authorship:
- by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845), "Sonett XI" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 35
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), "Sonett II", D 629 (1818), published 1895 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
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Word count: 110
Seul, pensif, comme paralysé de crampes, Je mesure les champs déserts, me faufilant lentement, Et tournant mes regards pour éviter les chemins Où une trace humaine marque seulement le sable. Aucune autre défense je ne trouve dans la lutte Contre les gens qui épient dans tous les chemins, Car dans mes actions où il n'y a aucune joie On lit de dehors comment je suis troublé à l'intérieur. De sorte que je crois maintenant que la montagne et les champs Et la rivière et la forêt savent, de quelle matière Ma vie est faite, que je garde cachée de tous. Pourtant je ne trouve pas de chemin assez cahoteux et sauvage Que le dieu de l'amour ne me rencontre, Et n'avance avec moi et que je parle avec lui.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845), "Sonett XI"
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 35
This text was added to the website: 2010-02-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 129