That was when you still ruled this beautiful world

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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Strophe aus 'Die Götter Griechenlands'

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

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Schöne Welt, wo bist du? Kehre wieder
Holdes Blüthenalter der Natur!
Ach, nur in dem Feenland der Lieder
Lebt noch deine fabelhafte Spur.
Ausgestorben trauert das Gefilde,
Keine Gottheit zeigt sich meinem Blick,
Ach, von jenem lebenwarmen Bilde
Blieb der Schatten nur zurück.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 12 of the original text.

This is the second version of Schiller's poem, with 16 stanzas. For the first version, with 25 stanzas, see below.

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), title 1: "Die Götter Griechenlandes", title 2: "Die Götter Griechenlands", written 1788, first published 1788

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Els déus de Grècia", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De goden van Griekenland", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Gli Dei della Grecia", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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That was when you still ruled this...

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 ... 

Beautiful world, where are you? Come back,
Beauteous blossom time of nature!
Oh, it is only in the fairy tale land of song
That any trace of your magnificence lives on.
The fields are now in mourning after the extinction, 
No divinity appears before my eyes,
Oh, that image, so warm with life,
Only a shadow of it now remains.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 12 of the original text.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), title 1: "Die Götter Griechenlandes", title 2: "Die Götter Griechenlands", written 1788, first published 1788
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