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by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904)

O Lust, o Lust
 (Sung text for setting by C. Schumann)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
O Lust, o Lust, vom Berg ein Lied
In's Land hinab zu singen!
Der kleinste Ton hinunter zieht,
So wie auf Riesenschwingen!

Der stillste Hauch aus lauter Brust,
In Leid und Lust entrungen,
Er wird zum Klange, unbewußt
Für alle Welt gesungen.

Es schwingt sich erd- und himmelwärts
Der Seele klingend Sehnen,
Und fällt der ganzen Welt an's Herz --
Ob freudig, ob in Thränen.

Was still sonst nur die Brust durchzieht,
Fliegt aus auf lauten Schwingen, --
O Lust, o Lust, vom Berg ein Lied
In's Land hinab zu singen!
Confirmed with Jucunde von Hermann Rollett, Leipzig, Verlag von Otto Wigand, 1853, pages 31-32.

Composition:

    Set to music by Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), "O Lust, o Lust", op. 23 no. 6, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Rollett (1819 - 1904), no title, appears in Jucunde, first published 1853

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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
  • ENG English (David Kenneth Smith) , "O joy, o joy", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (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: 16
Word count: 88

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