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by Johann Karl Unger (1771 - 1836)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

Die Geselligkeit
 (Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Wer Lebenslust fühlet,
Der bleibt nicht allein;
Allein seyn ist öde - 
Wer kann sich da freun!
Im traulichen Kreise,
Beim herzlichen Kuß,
Beysammen zu leben
Ist Seelengenuß.

Das lehrt uns der Tauber -
Für Liebe und Lust
Erhebt sich dem Täubchen
Die seidene Brust;
Es girret für Wonne,
Es lehret im Kuß,
Beysammen zu leben
Sey Herzensgenuß.
 
Geselligkeit fesselt
Die ganze Natur,
In Lüften, im Wasser,
Auf lachender Flur.
Er selber geboth es,
Der alles erschuf,
Beysammen zu leben
Ist Menschenberuf.

Dem folget ihr Guten,
Und singet nicht mehr,
Die Einsamkeit wäre
Nicht öde, nicht leer.
Allein seyn erzeuget
Nur Sehnsucht und Schmerz;
Beysammen zu leben
Befriedigt das Herz.

In Österreichisches Taschenbuch Unger's poem has the subtitle Gegenlied. An Fräulein von S***. In Der Neue Teutsche Merkur the poem is printed with a different line break: two consecutive lines are merged into one.

Note: As indicated by the subtitle Gegenlied this poem is a response to the preceding poem in the book, titled Die Einsamkeit with the subtitle Lied, which was declaimed by a certain Fräulein von Sölewangen to whom Unger dedicated his "counter-poem" (and phrased the first line of the last stanza accordingly). Schubert received Unger's poem much later in manuscript form.

Note: in Schubert's song, in the repetition of stanza 2, line 8, "Sey" becomes "Ist".

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Geselligkeit", D 609 (1818), published 1872 [ satb quartet with piano ], J. P. Gotthard, VN 322, Wien

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Karl Unger (1771 - 1836), "Die Geselligkeit"

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La companyonia", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Virginia Knight , Lau Kanen [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 114

La companyonia
 (Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)
 See original
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Qui gaudeix de la vida
no resta pas sol;
estar sol és avorrit,
d’això qui podria alegrar-se’n!
En un cercle íntim,
amb besades efusives,
viure ensems
és el goig de l’ànima.

Això ens ho ensenya el colom,
per amor i desig,
infla el seu pap
envers la coloma;
parrupa amb delit
i ens mostra amb el bes
que viure ensems
és el goig del cor.

La companyonia entrelliga
tota la natura,
a l’aire, a l’aigua,
al camp rialler.
Qui tot ho ha creat,
ell mateix decretà
que viure ensems
és la vocació dels humans.

Seguiu-lo, bona gent,
i no canteu més
que la solitud
no és avorrida, no és buida.
Estar sol produeix
només nostàlgia i dolor;
viure ensems dóna
satisfacció al cor.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2019 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Karl Unger (1771 - 1836), "Die Geselligkeit"
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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-21
Line count: 32
Word count: 123

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