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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé
Sahst du ein Glück vorübergehn
Language: German (Deutsch)
[Sahst]1 du ein Glück [vorübergehn]2, Das nie sich wiederfindet, Ist's gut in einen Strom zu sehn, Wo Alles wogt und schwindet. O, starre nur hinein, hinein, Du wirst es leichter missen, Was dir, und soll's dein Liebstes seyn, Vom Herzen ward gerissen. Blick' unverwandt hinab zum Fluß, Bis deine Tränen fallen, Und sieh durch ihren warmen Guß Die Flut hinunterwallen. Hinträumend wird Vergessenheit Des Herzens Wunde schließen; Die Seele sieht mit ihrem Leid Sich selbst vorüberfließen.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau, Sämmliche Gedichte, herausgegeben von Anastasius Grün, vierter Band, Stuttgart und Augsburg, J. G. Cotta Verlag, 1855, page 355.
1 Mettenheimer: "Sieh'st"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Flügel: "vorüberziehn"; further changes may exist not shown above.
Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Blick in den Strom", written 1844, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Sechstes Buch, in Letzte Gedichte, first published 1844 [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- by Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "An den Strom", 1886 [ voice and piano ], unpublished; lost ; may be wrong text for this title (no incipit available) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "Blick in den Strom", 1964 [ baritone, clarinet and piano ], Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Letzter Lebensblick", op. 69 (Dichtungen von Lenau, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 28, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Blick in den Strom", op. 34 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singst mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1889 [ alto and piano ], Berlin, Ollendorff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "Blick in den Strom", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte-Begleitung) no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch (and Leipzig, Eulenburg, 1879) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Freund (1852 - 1936), "Blick in den Strom", op. 4 (5 Songs) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Der Strom", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Lieder und Gesänge, no. 10, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Hofmann , "Blick in den Strom", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Chmel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl (Friedrich Christian) Mettenheimer (1824 - 1898), "Blick in den Strom", published 1897 [ soprano and piano ], from [Elf] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, Heft 1. Zwei Lieder für Sopran, no. 1, Hamburg, Leichssenring [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Pfitzner (1858 - ?), "Blick' in den Strom", op. 9 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rud. Dietrich [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Pohl (1826 - 1896), "Blick in den Strom", published 1888 [ contralto or bass and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Ca. oder B. mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Blick in den Strom" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Blick in den Strom", JWV 137 no. 5 (1862), published 2019 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Sahst du ein Glück vorübergehn", op. 47 no. 1e (1931-3) [ baritone, string quartet ], from Notturno: Fünf Sätze für Bariton und Streichquartett, no. 5, Zürich: Hug & Co. Musikverlage [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bernhard Ernst Scholz (1835 - 1916), "Blick' in den Strom", op. 11 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1878 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Blick in den Strom", op. 16 (Acht Gedichte von Nicolaus Lenau für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 8 (1891?), published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Blick in den Strom", op. 102 ([Vier] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by L. Weinhold ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873) , first published 1858 [an adaptation] ; composed by Aleksandr Borisovich Goldenveizer, Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Viktor Rydberg (1828 - 1895) , "På floden" ; composed by Adolf Wiklund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 76
Si tu as vu passer un bonheur
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Si tu as vu passer un bonheur Qui jamais ne se retrouve, Il est bon de regarder un fleuve Où tout roule et disparaît. Ô, regarde dedans, dedans, Tu te passeras plus facilement De ce que tu avais de plus cher, Et qui te fut arraché du cœur. Regarde le fleuve sans détourner les yeux, Jusqu'à ce que tombent tes larmes Et à travers leur chaude effusion, vois Le flot descendre en bouillonnant. L'oubli, qui avance en rêvant, Fermera les blessures du cœur ; L'âme elle-même avec sa douleur Se voit passer au fil de l'eau.
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Translation of title "Blick in den Strom" = "Regard sur le fleuve"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Blick in den Strom", written 1844, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Sechstes Buch, in Letzte Gedichte, first published 1844
This text was added to the website: 2015-11-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 95