by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
Streng ist uns das glück und spröde Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch)
Streng ist uns das glück und spröde · Was vermocht ein kurzer kuss? Eines regentropfens guss Auf gesengter bleicher öde Die ihn ungenossen schlingt · Neue labung missen muss Und vor neuen gluten springt.
Composition:
- Set to music by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Streng ist uns das glück und spröde", op. 15 no. 9 (1908-9), from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, no. 9
Text Authorship:
- by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Austera ens és la felicitat i fràgil", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Happiness is severe with us and aloof", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dura è per noi la felicità, e fragile", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 34