Through love they are made blessed

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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Wer die steile Sternenbahn

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

 ... 

27. Wer die steile Sternenbahn
 Gieng dir heldenkühn voran
 Zu der Gottheit Spitze?
 Wer zerriß das Heiligthum,
 Zeigte dir Elisium
 Durch des Grabes Ritze?
 Lockte sie uns nicht hinein,
 Möchten wir unsterblich seyn?
 Suchten auch die Geister
 Ohne sie den Meister?
 Liebe Liebe leitet nur
 Zu dem Vater der Natur,
 Liebe nur die Geister.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 27 of the original text.

First published in Anthologie auf das Jahr 1782, anonymously edited by Schiller with the fake publishing information "Gedrukt in der Buchdrukerei zu Tobolsko", actually published by Johann Benedict Metzler in Stuttgart. This poem (pages 58-68) differs in some ways from the final version, it has the title "Der Triumf der Liebe. eine Hymne" and "Y." as the author's name.

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Der Triumph der Liebe", subtitle: "Eine Hymne", written 1782, first published 1782

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Gràcies a l’amor", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De triomf der liefde", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le triomphe de l'amour", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 178
Word count: 695

Through love they are made blessed

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 ... 

Up the steep path of the stars, who
Led you, bold as a hero,
To the seat of the godhead?
Who rent the veil of the holy of holies,
Who showed you Elysium
Through the crack in the grave?
If love did not draw us on
Could we be immortal?
Would even spirits look for
Their master without it?
Love, only love leads
To the father of nature
Only love leads spirits.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 27 of the original text.

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