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by Josef Weinheber (1892 - 1945)

Blick vom oberen Belvedere
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Fülle du! Gezier- und schöner Geist,
Übersetzt in edelstes Gebreite:
Rechts die Kuppel, links die Kuppel weist
Majestätisch ein dies Bild der Weite.

Ach, wie hatten jene Zeiten Kraft,
Roh- und Wildes in die Kunst zu heben!
Irdischer Gesetzlichkeit entrafft,
Engten sie und weiteten das Leben.

Gehn nicht die Terrassen ab und an
Reifrockdamen, sanft hofiert von ihren
Eindruckssicher steifen Kavalieren?

Nein, die Gärten zaubern holden Wahn.
Ganz verging dies Planen, Lächeln, Lieben --
Gilb und weh -- nur Schönheit ist geblieben ...

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   R. Strauss 

View text with all available footnotes
Confirmed with Die Texte der Lieder von Richard Strauss, Kritische Ausgabe von Reinhold Schlötterer, Pfaffenhofen: W. Ludwig Verlag, 1988.

Note that the sequence made up of the first letters of each line spells out "Für Marie Grengg"


Text Authorship:

  • by Josef Weinheber (1892 - 1945), "Blick vom oberen Belvedere", appears in Wien wörtlich, first published 1935 [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Blick vom oberen Belvedere", op. 88 no. 2 (1942) [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Vista des del mirador més alt", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Outlook from the upper Belvedere", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Vue du belvédère d'en haut", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 82

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