by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn ich einst das Ziel errungen habe,
In den Lichtgefilden jener Welt,
Heil! der Thräne dann an meinem Grabe,
Die auf hingestreute Rosen fällt.
Sehnsuchtsvoll, mit banger Ahnungswonne,
Ruhig, wie der mondbeglänzte Hain,
Lächelnd, wie beim Niedergang die Sonne,
Harr' ich, göttliche Vollendung, dein!
Eil', o eile mich empor zu flügeln,
Wo sich unter mir die Welten drehn,
Wo im Lebensquell sich Palmen spiegeln,
Wo die Liebenden sich wiedersehn!
...
First published in Poetische Blumenlese auf das Jahr 1786. Göttingen, bey Joh. Christian Dieterich, page 218, with an additional stanza between stanzas 1 and 2; see below.
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Vollendung", D 579A (1817?), published 1970, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], formerly catalogued as D. 989. Kassel, Bärenreiter-Verlag
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Die Vollendung", written 1784-85, appears in Wanderjahre in Deutschland (1784-1787), first published 1785
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Voleinding", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Accomplissement", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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