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Vier Lieder , opus 23

by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Translations available for the entire opus: CAT DUT ENG FRE 

1. Die Liebe hat gelogen
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Liebe hat gelogen,
Die Sorge lastet schwer,
Betrogen, ach, betrogen
Hat alles mich umher!

Es fließen heiße Tropfen
Die Wange stets herab,
Laß ab, mein Herz, zu klopfen,
Du armes Herz, laß ab!

Text Authorship:

  • by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, written 1819?

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De liefde heeft gelogen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Love has lied", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

2. Selige Welt
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich treibe auf des Lebens Meer,
Ich sitze gemuth in meinem Kahn,
Nicht Ziel, noch Steuer hin und her,
Wie die Strömung reißt, wie die Winde gahn.

Eine selige Insel sucht der Wahn,
Doch eine ist es nicht.
Du lande gläubig überall an,
Wo sich Wasser an Erde bricht.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Chrysostomos Senn (1795 - 1857)

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Món benaurat", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zalige wereld", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Blessed world", copyright © 2016
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Aleksi Reunanen) , "Autuas maailma", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Monde béni", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mondo beato", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , "Mundo feliz", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note: Schubert received Senn's poem in handwritten form. Senn did not publish it in any printed edition.


3. Schwanengesang
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
»Wie klag' ich's aus
Das Sterbegefühl,
Das auflösend
Durch die Glieder rinnt?

Wie sing' ich's aus
Das Werdegefühl,
Das erlösend
Dich, o Geist, anweht?«

Er klagt', er sang
Vernichtungsbang,
Verklärungsfroh,
Bis das Leben floh.

Das bedeutet des Schwanen Gesang!

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Chrysostomos Senn (1795 - 1857), "Schwanenlied"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Aleksi Reunanen) , "Joutsenlaulu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant du cygne", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note: Schubert received Senn's poem in handwritten form. Senn issued it later in the book mentioned above, with the footnote In Musik gesetzt von Fr. Schubert.

4. Schatzgräbers Begehr

Language: German (Deutsch) 
In tiefster Erde ruht ein alt Gesetz,
Dem treibt mich's, rastlos immer nachzuspüren;
Und grabend kann ich Andres nichts vollführen,
Wohl spannt auch mir die Welt ihr goldnes Netz,

Wohl tönt auch mir der Klugheit seicht Geschwätz:
»Du wirst die Müh und Zeit umsonst verlieren.«
Das soll mich nicht in meiner Arbeit irren,
Ich grabe glühend fort, so nun, wie stets.

Und soll mich nie des Findens Wonne laben,
Sollt' ich mein Grab mit dieser Hoffnung graben:
Ich steige gern hinab, gestillt ist dann mein Sehnen.

Drum lasset Ruhe mir in meinem Streben!
Ein Grab mag man wohl jedem gerne geben,
Wollt ihr es denn nicht mir, ihr Lieben, gönnen?

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882), "Schatzgräbers Begehr"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El desig del cercador de tresors", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De wens van de schatgraver", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "Treasure-hunter's plea", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Désir du chercheur de trésor", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note: Schubert received all poems from Schober in handwritten form. A (possibly later) autograph of this sonnet is kept in the Vienna City Library.

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