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by Walter Heinrich Robert-Tornow (1852 - 1895)

Translation © by Giedrius Prunskus

Irdische und himmlische Liebe

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG FRE LIT

Zur Schönheit meine Blicke suchend gleiten,
Es sucht die Seele Seligkeit zugleich;
Den Weg in's Himmelreich
Vermägen sie nur schauend zu beschreiten.
Aus höchsten Sternenweiten
Herniederglänzt ein Schimmer,
Den Trieb empor zu leiten;
Wir nennen's Liebe! Nimmer
Wird And'res zünden! Immer
Wird Gluth und Klarheit edlen Herzen werden
Durch Augen, die wie Sterne sind auf Erden!

Text Authorship:

by Walter Heinrich Robert-Tornow (1852 - 1895) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 107
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Irdische und himmlische Liebe", 1897, from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Michelangelo, no. 4, note: this song was destroyed by Wolf.
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "My eyes roam searchingly for beauty", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Amour terrestre et céleste", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Žemiška ir dangiška meilė", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Torsten Roeder

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-13
Line count: 11
Word count: 56

Žemiška ir dangiška meilė

Language: Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) after the German (Deutsch)

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Ieškodamas grožybių mano žvilgsnis slenka,
Palaimos mano siela ieško nuolatos;
Nes kelią karalystėn dangiškojon
Jie randa tik matydami visus.
Iš skliautų aukštumoj žvaigždėtų
Žemyn pašvaistė šviečia,
Viliodama aukštyn pakilti siekį;
Tai – meilė, sakom! Niekad
Nebus troškimo! Visad
Žara, skaistumas kilniai širdžiai skleisis
Iš tų akių, kur žemėje kaip žvaigždės!

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) copyright © 2022 by Giedrius Prunskus, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Walter Heinrich Robert-Tornow (1852 - 1895)
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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), no title, appears in Rime, no. 107
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2022-12-28
Line count: 11
Word count: 50