El amor es una dulce luz

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by Matthäus Kasimir von Collin (1779 - 1824)

Translation © by Lewis Grenville

Licht und Liebe

(Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA SPA

Männliche Stimme.
  Liebe ist ein süßes Licht.
  Wie die Erde strebt zur Sonne,
  Und zu jenen hellen Sternen
  In den weiten blauen Fernen,
  Strebt das Herz nach Liebeswonne:
  Denn sie ist ein süßes Licht.

Weibliche Stimme.
  Sieh! wie hoch in stiller Feyer
  Droben helle Sterne funkeln:
  Von der Erde fliehn die dunkeln
  Schwermuthsvollen trüben Schleyer.
  Wehe mir!  ...  wie so trübe
  Fühl ich tief mich im Gemüthe,
  Das in Freuden sonst erblühte,
  Nun vereinsamt, ohne Liebe.

Beyde Stimmen.
  Liebe ist ein süßes Licht.
  Wie die Erde strebt zur Sonne,
  Und zu jenen hellen Sternen
  In den weiten blauen Fernen,
  Strebt das Herz nach Liebeswonne:
  Liebe ist ein süßes Licht.

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Text Authorship:

by Matthäus Kasimir von Collin (1779 - 1824), no title, appears in Der Tod Friedrich des Streitbaren. Ein Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen, Act IV, Scene 2

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Malcolm Halliday) , "Light and Love", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Lourdes Leon) , "Luz y amor", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Luz y amor

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Schubert)

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Language: Spanish (Español) after the German (Deutsch)

El amor es una dulce luz. 
Como la tierra anhela al sol
y para cada brillante estrella
En la inmensa distancia azul,
así anhela el corazón la alegría del amor
Porque es una dulce luz.


Mira cuán alta, en silenciosa celebración,
allá en la lejanía, las brillantes estrellas parpadean!  
De la tierra ellas huyen del oscuro 
y pesado luto, niebla turbulenta.
¡Ay!  Qué trasiego siento 
en lo profundo de mi alma, 
lo que en alegría una vez floreció, 
Ahora está desolada, sin amor.


El amor es una dulce luz. 
Como la tierra anhela al sol
y para cada brillante estrella
En la inmensa distancia azul,
así anhela el corazón la alegría del amor
Porque es una dulce luz.

Translation of title "Licht und Liebe" = "Luz y amor"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Matthäus Kasimir von Collin (1779 - 1824), no title, appears in Der Tod Friedrich des Streitbaren. Ein Trauerspiel in fünf Aufzügen, Act IV, Scene 2
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