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Über die [Berge, Über]1 die Wellen, Unter den Gräbern, Unter den Quellen, Über Fluten und Seen In der Abgründe Steg, Über Felsen, über Höhen, Find't Liebe den Weg! In Ritzen, in Falten, Wo der Feu'rwurm nicht liegt, In Höhlen, in Spalten, Wo die Fliege nicht kriecht, Wo Mücken nicht fliegen Und schlüpfen hinweg, Kommt Liebe, sie wird siegen Und finden den Weg. Sprecht, Amor sei nimmer Zu fürchten, das Kind! Lacht über ihn immer, Als Flüchtling, als blind, Und schließt ihn durch Riegel Vom Taglicht hinweg: Durch Schlösser und Siegel Find't Liebe den Weg. Wenn Phönix und Adler Sich unter euch beugt, Wenn Drache, wenn Tiger Gefällig sich neigt, Die Löwin läßt kriegen Den Raub sich hinweg, Kommt Liebe, sie wird siegen Und finden den Weg.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Fuchs: "Berge und über"; further changes may exist not noted above.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803), "Weg der Liebe" [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Love will find out the way", appears in Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, collected by Thomas Percy
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Weg der Liebe I", op. 20 (Drei Duette) no. 1 (1858), published 1862 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Bonn, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "Weg der Liebe I", op. 49 (Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1882, Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Weg der Liebe", op. 31 (Fünfzehn Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 3 no. 15, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Weg der Liebe", op. 75 (Männerchöre) no. 6 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Albert Rischbieter (1834 - 1910), "Weg der Liebe", op. 32 (Vier Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1876 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Sigmund Freiherr von Seckendorff (1744 - 1785), "Die Gewalt der Liebe", published 1779 [ voice and piano ], from Volks- und andere Lieder, mit Begleitung des Forte piano, Zweyte Sammlung, no. 1, Weimar: Bey Karl Ludolf Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation ; composed by James Mulholland.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De weg der liefde I", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The path to love", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chemin de l'amour", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-10
Line count: 32
Word count: 127
Per damunt les muntanyes, per damunt les onades, dessota les tombes, dessota les deus, per damunt marees i oceans, pels viaranys dels abismes, per damunt les roques, per damunt els cims, l’amor trobarà el seu camí! Per clivelles i esvorancs, on no es troba cap lluerna, per grutes i escletxes, on cap mosca s’hi fica, on no volen els mosquits ni s’hi esquitllen, arribarà l’amor, ell triomfarà i trobarà el seu camí. Digueu, Cupido no s’ha mai de témer, l’infant! Encara que d’ell sempre us rieu, perquè és escàpol i cec, i el tanqueu amb balda lluny de la llum del dia: a través de panys i tanques, l’amor trobarà el seu camí. Quan el fènix i l’àliga es vinclin als vostres peus, quan el drac, quan el tigre, dòcils, abaixin el cap, la lleona deixi escapar la seva presa, arribarà l’amor, ell triomfarà i trobarà el seu camí.
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Translations of title(s):
"Die Gewalt der Liebe" = "El poder de l'amor"
"Weg der Liebe" = "El camí de l’amor "
"Weg der Liebe I" = "El camí de l’amor I"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2022 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 Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803), "Weg der Liebe" [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Love will find out the way", appears in Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, collected by Thomas Percy
This text was added to the website: 2022-11-12
Line count: 32
Word count: 149