Im Hochgebirge | Aus Heliopolis II | <i>Fels auf Felsen hingewälzet</i>

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Heliopolis II

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Fels auf Felsen hingewälzet,
Fester Grund und treuer Halt;
Wasserfälle, Windesschauer,
Unbegriffene Gewalt -
Einsam auf Gebirges Zinne
Kloster- wie auch Burg-Ruine:
Grab' sie der Erinn'rung ein!
Denn der Dichter lebt vom Seyn.
Athme du den heil'gen Aether,
Schling' die Arme um die Welt;
Nur dem Würdigen, dem Großen
Bleibe muthig zugesellt.
Laß die Leidenschaften sausen
Im metallenen Accord;
Wenn die starken Stürme brausen,
Findest du das rechte Wort.

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. 12 of the cycle) is not part of the cycle in the printed edition of 1843. Here it is no. 2 of the cycle An Franz.

Composition:

Franz Peter Schubert

Heliopolis

Text Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Im Hochgebirge", appears in Heliopolis, no. 12

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 68