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by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (1746 - 1797)

Lied von Gotter
 (Sung text for setting by H. Marschner)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Du, der ewig um mich trauert,
Nicht allein, nicht unbedauert,
Jüngling, seufzest du;
Wann vor Schmerz die Seele schauert,
Lüget meine Stirne Ruh.

Deines nassen Blickes Flehen
Will ich, darf ich nicht verstehen;
Aber zürne nicht!
Was ich fühle, zu gestehen,
Ach, verbeut mir meine Pflicht.

Unbekannt mit Reu' und Leide,
Wie die Lämmchen auf der Weide,
Spielten ich und du.
Jeder Tag rief uns zur Freude,
Jede Nacht zur sanften Ruh.

Ewig sind wir nun geschieden!
Schone meiner Seele Frieden,
Jüngling, meide mich!
Willst du neue Ketten schmieden,
neue Ketten noch für mich?

Nach der Ruhe Vaterlande
sehnet sich am Grabesrande,
sehnet sich mein Blick.
Ihr nur haltet, süße Bande,
ihr nur haltet mich zurück!

Lächle, trauter Jüngling, wieder!
Sieh, beym Gruße froher Lieder,
Steigt die Sonn' empor!
Trübe sank sie gestern nieder;
Herrlich geht sie heut' hervor.

Note provided by Peter Rastl: Schubert's autograph breaks off at the end of the second stanza before the last word. One may assume that he set the poem as a through-composed song with different music for the subsequent stanzas. Max Friedlaender, the editor of the first edition, completed the fragment in the form of a stanzaic song by adding a short interlude/postlude and inserting stanzas 5 and 6.

Composition:

    Set to music by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Lied von Gotter", op. 5 (12 Lieder mit Begleitung der Guitarre) no. 4 [ voice and guitar ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (1746 - 1797), "Pflicht und Liebe", written 1774

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Deure i amor", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Plicht en liefde", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Duty and love", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Devoir et amour", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 151

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