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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

Im Walde
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du edles Wild.
Aber in Hütten wohnet der Mensch, und hüllet sich ein ins 
verschämte Gewand, denn inniger ist, achtsamer auch und daß 
er bewahre den Geist, wie die Priesterin die himmlische 
Flamme, dies ist sein Verstand. Und darum ist die Willkür  ihm 
und höhere Macht zu fehlen und zu vollbringen, dem 
Götterähnlichen, der Güter Gefährlichstes, die Sprache dem 
Menschen gegeben, damit er schaffend, zerstörend, und 
untergehend, und wiederkehrend zur ewiglebenden, zur 
Meisterin und Mutter, damit er zeuge, was er sei, geerbet zu 
haben, gelernt von ihr, ihr Göttlichstes, die allerhaltende Liebe.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843) [author's text not yet checked 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 György Kurtág (b. 1926), "Im Walde", op. 35a no. 2 (1997) [ baritone ], from Hölderlin-Gesänge, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-15
Line count: 11
Word count: 92

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