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by Josef Weinheber (1892 - 1945)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Blick vom oberen Belvedere

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Fülle du! Gezier- und schöner Geist,
Übersetzt in edelstes Gebreite:
Rechts die Kuppel, links die Kuppel weist
Majestätisch ein dies Bild der Weite.

Ach, wie hatten jene Zeiten Kraft,
[Roh-]¹ und Wildes in die Kunst zu heben!
Irdischer Gesetzlichkeit entrafft,
Engten sie und weiteten das Leben.

Gehn nicht die Terrassen ab und an
Reifrockdamen, sanft hofiert von [ihren]²
Eindruckssicher steifen Kavalieren?

Nein, die Gärten zaubern holden Wahn.
Ganz verging dies Planen, Lächeln, Lieben --
Gilb und weh -- nur Schönheit ist geblieben ...

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• R. Strauss

View original text (without footnotes)
Confirmed with Die Texte der Lieder von Richard Strauss, Kritische Ausgabe von Reinhold Schlötterer, Pfaffenhofen: W. Ludwig Verlag, 1988.

Note that the sequence made up of the first letters of each line spells out "Für Marie Grengg"

¹ Strauss: "Rohes"
² omitted by Strauss.

Text Authorship:

by Josef Weinheber (1892 - 1945), "Blick vom oberen Belvedere", appears in Wien wörtlich, first published 1935 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Blick vom oberen Belvedere", op. 88 no. 2 (1942) [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Vista des del mirador més alt", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Outlook from the upper Belvedere", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Vue du belvédère d'en haut", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 82

Vue du belvédère d'en haut

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Remplis-toi ! orné et bel esprit
Transporté dans la plus noble étendue :
À droite le dôme, à gauche le dôme montrent
Majestueusement cette image de l'espace.

Ah, que ces temps avaient de force
Pour élever le brutal et le sauvage dans l'art !
Libérés des lois terrestres,
Ils rétrécissaient et élargissaient la vie.

N'y a-t-il pas montant et descendant sur les terrasses
Des dames en crinoline, tendrement courtisées par
Des cavaliers raides et sûrs d'eux ?

Non, les jardins créent magiquement une belle illusion.
Cette image souriante, aimante, a complètement disparu
Jaunie et douloureuse -- seule la beauté est restée...

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Josef Weinheber (1892 - 1945), "Blick vom oberen Belvedere", appears in Wien wörtlich, first published 1935
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 96