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O unbewölktes Leben! So rein und tief und klar. Uralte Träume schweben Auf Blumen wunderbar. Der Geist zerbrach die Schranken, Des Körpers träges Bley; Er waltet groß und frey. Es laben die Gedanken An Edens Früchten sich; Der alte Fluch entwich. Was ich auch je gelitten, Die Palme ist erstritten, Gestillet mein Verlangen. Die Musen selber sangen Die [Schlang']1 in Todesschlaf, Und meine Hand - sie traf. O unbewölktes Leben! So rein und tief und klar. Uralte Träume schweben Auf Blumen wunderbar.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, pages 64-65.
1 Schubert: "Sphinx"Text Authorship:
- by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Der Sieg" [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Sieg", D 805 (1824), published 1833 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 4270, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La victòria", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De overwinning", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Victory", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Victoire", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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O unclouded life! So pure and profound and clear. Ancient dreams float wonderfully out of the flowers. The spirit has broken the chains of the body's sluggish lead; it reigns, great and free. Thoughts are refreshed by the fruits of Eden; the old curse is ended. Whatever I may have suffered, contending for the Palm, stilled is my yearning. The Muses themselves have sung the [serpent]1 into the sleep of death, and my hand actually struck the blow. O unclouded life! So pure and profound and clear. Ancient dreams float wonderfully out of the flowers.
1 Schubert: "Sphinx"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, (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.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Der Sieg"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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