by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Freudvoll
Und leidvoll,
Gedankenvoll seyn;
Langen
Und bangen
In schwebender Pein;
Himmelhoch jauchzend
Zum Tode betrübt;
Glücklich allein
Ist die Seele, die liebt.

Note for line 4 word 1: some editions not endorsed by Goethe have "Hangen" instead of "Langen".

Composition:

    Set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Freudvoll und leidvoll", op. 84 no. 2 (1810), from stage composition Egmont, no. 5

Text Authorship:

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De liefde", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Richard Morris) , "Joyful and sorrowful", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "Joyful and woeful", first published 1911
  • ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "Clara's song"
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'amour", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 23