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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

An die Parzen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG FRE
Nur einen Sommer gönnt, ihr Gewaltigen!
  Und einen Herbst zu reifem Gesange mir,
    Daß williger mein Herz, vom süßen
      [Spiele]1 gesättiget, dann mir sterbe!

Die Seele, der im Leben ihr göttlich Recht
  Nicht ward, sie ruht auch drunten im Orkus nicht;
    Doch ist mir einst das Heilge, das am
      Herzen mir liegt, das Gedicht gelungen:

Willkommen dann, o Stille der Schattenwelt!
  Zufrieden bin ich, wenn auch mein Saitenspiel
    Mich nicht hinabgeleitet; einmal
      Lebt ich, wie Götter, und mehr bedarfs nicht.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Reutter 

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1 Reutter: "Spiel"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "An die Parzen", appears in Gedichte 1784-1800 [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 Hauke Jasper Berheide , "An die Parzen", 2020 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Hölderlin, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Walter Braunfels (1882 - 1954), "An die Parzen", op. 27 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Hölderlin-Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), "An die Parzen", 1933 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vier Gesänge nach Worten von Hölderlin, no. 1, Schott Music [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Josef Matthias Hauer (1883 - 1959), "An die Parzen", op. 23 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1929 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Maria Herz (1878 - 1950), "An die Parzen" [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "An die Parzen", 1935 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "An die Parzen", 1942 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Ludwig Leitner (b. 1943), "An die Parzen", published 1995, first performed 1995 [ soprano, oboe, and harp ], from Elegien nach Texten von Friedrich Hölderlin, Georg Trakl und Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty für Sopran, Oboe und Harfe, no. 2, Vienna, Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emil Mattiesen (1875 - 1939), "An die Parzen", op. 5, Heft 1 no. 2, published [1920] [ voice and piano ], from Künstlerandachten, no. 2, Leipzig : Edition Peters [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lars-Henrik Nysten (b. 1969), "An die Parzen", 2002, from Vier Fantasiestücke für Klavier und Sopranstimme nach Friedrich Hoelderlin, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "An die Parzen", op. 56 (Drei Gesänge nach Texten von Friedrich Hölderlin) no. 1, published 1944 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Thomas F. Schubert (b. 1961), "An die Parzen" [ medium voice or high voice and piano ], from Hölderlin-Portrait, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Spano , "An die Parzen", from Hölderlin-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Wiener (1891 - 1942), "An die Parzen", op. 1 (1916) [ baritone and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To the Fates", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "To: the Fates", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Aux Parques", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 81

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