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by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904)

O Lust, o Lust, vom Berg ein Lied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
O Lust, o Lust, vom Berg ein Lied
In's Land hinabzusingen!
Der kleinste Ton hinunterzieht,
So wie auf Riesenschwingen!

Der stillste Hauch aus lauter Brust,
In Leid und Lust entrungen,
Er wird zum Klange, unbewußt
Für alle Welt gesungen.

Es schwingt sich erd- und himmelwärts
Der Seele klingend Sehnen,
Und fällt der ganzen Welt an's Herz --
Ob freudig, ob in Thränen.

Was still sonst nur die Brust durchzieht,
Fliegt aus auf lauten Schwingen, --
O Lust, o Lust, vom Berg ein Lied
In's Land hinabzusingen!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Schumann 

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Confirmed with Jucunde von Hermann Rollett, Leipzig, Verlag von Otto Wigand, 1853, pages 31-32.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904), no title, appears in Jucunde, first published 1853 [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 Louis Anger (1813 - 1870), "Aus Jucunde", op. 11 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2, published 1860 [ four-part men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), "O Lust, o Lust", op. 23 no. 6, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "O joy, o joy", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (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: 16
Word count: 88

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