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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Melodrama
 (Sung text for setting by L. Beethoven)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Süßer Schlaf! Du kommst wie ein reines Glück 
ungebeten, unerfleht am willigsten.  
Du lösest die Knoten der strengen Gedanken, 
vermischest alle Bilder der Freude und des Schmerzes;  
ungehindert fließt der Kreis innerer Harmonien, 
und eingehüllt in gefälligen Wahnsinn, 
versinken wir und hören auf zu sein.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Melodrama", op. 84 no. 9, from stage composition Egmont, no. 9

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Egmont

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-26
Line count: 7
Word count: 45

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