Acht Sätze nach Hölderlin-Fragmenten

Song Cycle by Friedrich Cerha (b. 1926)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Schönes Leben! du liegst krank, und das Herz ist mir
  Müd vom Weinen und schon dämmert die Furcht in mir,
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Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Der gute Glaube", appears in Gedichte 1784-1800

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La bonne croyance", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

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Language: German (Deutsch)

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Doch uns ist gegeben,
  Auf keiner Stätte zu ruh'n;
    Es schwinden, es fallen
      Die leidenden Menschen
        Blindlings von einer
          Stunde zu andern,
            Wie Wasser von Klippe
              Zu Klippe geworfen,
                Jahrlang in's Ungewisse hinab.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Hyperions Schicksalslied", written 1798, appears in Gedichte 1784-1800

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó del destí", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hyperions noodlotslied", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 1995
ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Hyperion's Song of Fate", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canto del destino di Iperione", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note: Hyperion is the title character of an unfinished novel in which Hölderlin wrote about the Greek struggle for independence from the Turks.

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Es kommen Stunden, wo das erschütterte
Gepreßte Herz umsonst in der Hoffnung Land
Sich flüchtet, wo umsonst die erzenen
Waffen die Weisheit entgegenstemmt.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4.
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Language: German (Deutsch)

Wie wenn die alten Wässer in andrem Zorn
In schrecklichem, verwandelt wieder
Kämen, zu reinigen, da es Not war.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Die Linien des Lebens sind verschieden,
Wie Wege sind, und wie der Berge Grenzen.
Was hier wir sind, kann dort ein Gott ergänzen
Mit Harmonien und ewigen Lohn und Frieden.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), no title

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les línies de la vida", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les lignes de la vie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Und unstet wehn und irren, dem Chaos gleich,
Dem gärenden Geschlechte die Wünsche nach,
Und wild ist und verzagt und kalt von
Sorgen das Leben der Armen immer.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

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7.
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Language: German (Deutsch)

Mit gelben Birnen hänget
Und voll mit wilden Rosen
Das Land in den See,
Ihr holden Schwäne,
Und trunken von Küssen
Tunkt ihr das Haupt
Ins heilignüchterne Wasser.

Weh mir, wo nehm' ich, wenn
Es Winter ist, die Blumen, und wo
Den Sonnenschein,
Und Schatten der Erde?
Die Mauern stehen
Sprachlos und kalt, im Winde
Klirren die Fahnen.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Hälfte des Lebens", appears in Gedichte 1800-1804, in Nachtgesänge

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8.
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Language: German (Deutsch)

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Das Herz ist wieder wach, doch herzlos
Zieht die gewaltige Nacht mich immer.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Chiron"

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¹ omitted by Cerha (this movement has only two lines).Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Total word count: 226

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