by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Auf der Berge freien Höhen,
  In der Mittagssonne Schein,
An des warmen Strahles Kräften
  Zeugt Natur den goldnen Wein.

Und noch Niemand hats erkundet,
  Wie die große Mutter schafft;
Unergründlich ist ihr Wirken,
  Unerforschlich ihre Kraft.

 ...

First published in Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergnügen. Vierzehnter Jahrgang. 1804. Herausgegeben von W.G. Becker. Leipzig, bei Christian Adolph Hempel, pages 163-164, together with Zelter's setting.

Composition:

    Set to music by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Punschlied", subtitle: "Im Norden zu singen", 1803, published 1803, stanzas 1-2 [ 3 voices, 2 horns ], attachment to page 163 in Becker's Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergnügen 1804

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Punschlied", subtitle: "Im Norden zu singen", written 1803, first published 1803

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Punchlied", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chant du punch", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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