by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)
Heliopolis I See original
Language: German (Deutsch)
Im kalten, rauhen Norden Ist Kunde mir geworden Von einer Stadt, der Sonnenstadt. Wo weilt das Schiff, wo ist der Pfad, Die mich zu jenen Hallen tragen? Von Menschen konnt' ich nichts erfragen, - Im Zwiespalt waren sie verworren. Zur Blume, die sich Helios erkoren, Die ewig in sein Antlitz blickt, Wandt' ich mich nun, - und ward entzückt: »Wende, so wie ich, zur Sonne Deine Augen! Dort ist Wonne, Dort ist Leben; Treu ergeben, Pilg're zu, und zweifle nicht; Ruhe findest du im Licht; Licht erzeuget alle Gluten, - Hoffnungspflanzen, Thatenfluten!«
Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts in handwriting; the manuscripts of his cycle Heliopolis, dedicated to Franz von Schober, are preserved in the Vienna City Library. The printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later and presents the texts in a revised version. This poem (originally no. 5 of the cycle) is now no. 1 of the cycle in the printed edition. Here the cycle is preceded by a motto:
Ein altes Thema, vorgetragen In grauen Zeiten, laß uns variiren! Wir dürfen, wenn wir auch Ikarisiren - Uns öfters noch zur Sonne wagen! 1821.
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Heliopolis I", alternate title: "Aus Heliopolis I", op. 65 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, D 753 (1822), published 1826 [ voice, piano ], Cappi & Czerny, VN 221, Wien
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Heliopolis", appears in Heliopolis, no. 5
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