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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.
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Word count: 114
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.
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- 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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