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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:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Strophe aus 'Die Götter Griechenlands'", D 677 (1819), published 1848, stanza 12 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 8819, Wien (Nachlaß-Lieferung 42)
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
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 12 of the original text.
(Stanza 12 only)
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- 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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This text was added to the website: 2005-09-11
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