The reward of faithfulness | Even the most aloof of beauties

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by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (1746 - 1797)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Auch die Sprödeste der Schönen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Auch die Sprödeste der Schönen
Widersteht nicht langem Schmerz,
Und der Liebe Freuden krönen
Endlich ein getreues Herz.
 
Ach, wie süß sind alle Sorgen,
Jede Mühe, wie so leicht,
Wenn man träumet: morgen, morgen
Wird ihr stolzer Sinn erweicht!
 
Wild, auf ungebahnten Wegen,
Bricht der Strom durch Fels und Stein;
Leisetröpfelnd dringt der Regen
Endlich auch in Marmor ein.

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Confirmed with Meisterwerke deutscher Dichter und Prosaisten, Fünfzehntes Bändchen, Gedichte von Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter, Wien: Bey Ch. Kaulfuss & C. Armbruster, 1816, page 156.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (1746 - 1797), "Der Lohn der Treue" [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 Leopold Antonín Koželuh (1747 - 1818), "Der Langmut Lohn", 1785? [ sung text not verified ]

Set in a modified version by Joseph Haydn.

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The reward of faithfulness", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The reward of faithfulness

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Even the most aloof of beauties
Cannot withstand [the sight of] long-enduring pain,
And the joys of love shall
Finally reward a faithful heart.
 
  Ah, how sweet are all cares,
Every toil how easy,
When one dreams that tomorrow, tomorrow
Her proud spirit might be softened.
 
Wildly, upon uncharted paths,
The storm breaks through rocks and stones;
Quietly dripping the rain shall finally
Penetrate even marble.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (1746 - 1797), "Der Lohn der Treue"
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This text was added to the website: 2015-04-10
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Word count: 67