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Dunkler Lichtglanz, blinder Blick, Todtes Leben, Lust [voll]1 Plage, Glück erfüllt von Mißgeschick, Trübes Lachen, frohe Klage, Süße Galle, holde Pein, Fried' und Krieg in einem Herzen, Das kannst, Liebe, du nur sein, Mit der Lust erkauft durch Schmerzen.2
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Volkslieder und Romanzen der Spanier in Versmasse des Originals verdeutscht durch Emanuel Geibel, Berlin, Verlag von Alexander Duncker, Königl. Hofbuchhändler, 1843, page 24.
Note that in Schumann's song, the change in line 2 ("voll" to "und") is changed back in the repetition.
1 Schumann: "und"2 Schumann adds
Liebe, das kannst du nur sein! Liebe, das kannst du nur sein, dunkler Lichtglanz, blinder Blick, totes Leben, Lust voll Plage, das kannst, Liebe, du nur sein!
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Volkslieder und Romanzen der Spanier in Versmasse des Originals verdeutscht, in Lieder, no. 16, first published 1843 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque (d. c1498), "Vista ciega, luz oscura"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Quartett", op. posth. 138 no. 10 (1849), published 1857 [ satb quartet and piano duet ], from Spanische Liebeslieder, no. 10, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Quartet", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Kwartet 'Donk're lichtglans'", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Quartet", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sombre éclat lumineux, regard aveugle", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 41
Fosca brillantor, cec esguard, vida morta, goig ple de pena, benaurança plena de dissort, riure trist, plany joiós, dolça amargor, turment encisador, guerra i pau en un sol cor, tot això, amor, només pots ser tu, amb el goig comprat al preu del dolor.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2020 by Salvador Pila, (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 Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Volkslieder und Romanzen der Spanier in Versmasse des Originals verdeutscht, in Lieder, no. 16, first published 1843
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque (d. c1498), "Vista ciega, luz oscura"
This text was added to the website: 2020-11-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 44