When one day I reach the end I seek

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by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

Vollendung

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Wenn ich einst das Ziel errungen habe,
In den Lichtgefilden jener Welt,
Heil! der Thräne dann an meinem Grabe,
Die auf hingestreute Rosen fällt.

Sehnsuchtsvoll, mit banger Ahnungswonne,
Ruhig, wie der mondbeglänzte Hain,
Lächelnd, wie beim Niedergang die Sonne,
Harr' ich, göttliche Vollendung, dein!

Eil', o eile mich empor zu flügeln,
Wo sich unter mir die Welten drehn,
Wo im Lebensquell sich Palmen spiegeln,
Wo die Liebenden sich wiedersehn!

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.

First published in Poetische Blumenlese auf das Jahr 1786. Göttingen, bey Joh. Christian Dieterich, page 218, with an additional stanza between stanzas 1 and 2; see below.

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Die Vollendung", written 1784-85, appears in Wanderjahre in Deutschland (1784-1787), first published 1785

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Voleinding", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Accomplissement", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 93

Fulfillment

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When one day I reach the end I seek,
In the light-filled world beyond,
Hail, to the tears that fall onto my grave
Covered with roses!

Full of yearning, with fearful anticipation,
Calm, as the moonlit grove,
Smiling, as at the seeting sun,
I wait for, divine fulfillment, for you!

Hurry, oh hurry to lift me aloft on wings
Where underneath me worlds turn,
Where in the source of Life palms are mirrored,
Where lovers see each other once again.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.

Translation of title "Vollendung" = "Fulfillment"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Die Vollendung", written 1784-85, appears in Wanderjahre in Deutschland (1784-1787), first published 1785
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