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by Antoine Vincent Arnault (1766 - 1834)
Translation by Ernst Karl Engelhardt (1788 - 1835), as Orion Julius

Lied. Das Laubblatt
 (Sung text for setting by G. Gerson)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
    Blättchen, das im losen Spiel
    Winde durch die Lüfte jagen,
    Blättchen! Kannst du mir nicht sagen:
    Wo ist deiner Wandrung Ziel?

Wo? ward mir noch selbst nicht kund;
Von dem Stamm, der mich getragen,
Durch der Stürme Macht verschlagen
Pilgr’ ich auf der Erde Rund.

Ohne Willen, ohne Wahl
Schweb’ ich sorglos durch die Wälder;
Durch Gebüsche, über Felder,
Über Hügel, Strom und Thal.

Dort, wo Alles hin muß gehn,
Wie der Lorbeer so die Rose
Dort in der Vernichtung Schooße
Werden wir uns wiedersehn!

Note: The first stanza is quoted in Mörike's poem Meiner Schwester.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Gerson (1790 - 1825), "Lied. Das Laubblatt", G. 175 (1821) [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Ernst Karl Engelhardt (1788 - 1835), as Orion Julius, "Das Laubblatt" [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Antoine Vincent Arnault (1766 - 1834), "La feuille", appears in Œuvres de A.V. Arnault, in Fables et poésies diverses, no. 16, first published 1825
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2014-05-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 87

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