by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)
Sybille
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der Sturm
Aber sie schmähn
Schütteln gewaltig den Baum doch auch die thörigen Kinder
werfen mit Steinen
Aber
Die Äste beugt.
Und der Rabe singt.
So wandert das Wetter Gottes über
Aber du heilger Gesang
Und suchst armer Schiffer den gewohnten
Zu den Sternen siehe.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Sybille" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Friedhelm Döhl (b. 1936), "Sybille", subtitle: "Fantasia II", 1969, first performed 1971 [baritone and piano], from ". . . wenn aber . . ." / 9 Fragmente nach Hölderlin, no. 8, confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by David Emery Gascoyne (1916 - 2001) , "Sybil", appears in Hölderlin's Madness, first published 1938, copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by Eric Hudes.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-19
Line count: 11
Word count: 45