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So wird der Mann, der sonder Zwang Gerecht ist, nicht unglücklich seyn; Versinken ganz in Elend kann er nimmer, Indeß der frevelnde Verbrecher Im [Strom]1 der Zeit gewaltsam [untersinkt]2, Wenn am zerschmetterten Maste Das Wetter die Segel ergreift. Er ruft von keinem Ohr vernommen, Kämpft in des Strudels Mitte hoffnungslos. Des Frevlers lacht die Gottheit [jetzt]3, Sieht ihn, nun nicht mehr stolz, in Banden Der Noth verstrickt, umsonst die Felsbank fliehn; An der Vergeltung Fels scheitert sein Glück Und unbeweint versinkt er.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Eugenie, der Sieg über die Liebe. von August Lafontaine. Dritter Band. Wien, 1814. In der Franz Haas'schen Buchhandlung, page 25.
1 Schubert: "Strome"2 Schubert (second version): "untergeht"
3 Schubert (second version): "nun"
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Julius Lafontaine (1758 - 1831), no title, first published 1814 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- sometimes misattributed to Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Aeschylus (525? BCE - 456 BCE)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Fragment aus dem Aischylos", D 450 (1816), published 1832 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Fragment d’Èsquil", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Fragment uit Aischylos", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "Fragment from Aeschylus", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Fragment d'Eschyle", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 87
Ainsi l'homme qui est juste sans coercition Ne sera pas malheureux, il ne peut jamais sombrer dans la détresse ; Pendant ce temps le criminel coupable dans le courant du temps est violemment entraîné, Quand du mât fracassé Le gros temps saisit la voile. Il crie, aucune oreille ne l'écoute, Luttant au centre du tourbillon, sans espoir. Les dieux se moquent de l'impie maintenant, Le regardant, il n'est plus fier maintenant, Empêtré dans les liens du péril. En vain il évite les rochers : Sur l'écueil de la récompense sa fortune échoue, Et il coule sans qu'on le regrette.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (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 August Heinrich Julius Lafontaine (1758 - 1831), no title, first published 1814 [an adaptation] and misattributed to Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Aeschylus (525? BCE - 456 BCE)
This text was added to the website: 2010-05-18
Line count: 15
Word count: 97