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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 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?

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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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