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by Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner (1768 - 1823)

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Nur wer die Liebe kennt, versteht das Sehnen,
An dem Geliebten ewig fest zu hangen,
Und Lebensmuth aus seinem Aug' zu trinken;
Er kennt das schmerzlich selige Verlangen,
Dahin zu schmelzen in ein Meer von Thränen,
Und aufgelöst in Liebe zu versinken! -
Wie mir die Bilder winken,
Die alten! - Ach, sie nahen, um zu fliehen! -
Was hilft das Thal mit seinen grünen Gluthen,
Die Strahlen, die so golden niederfluthen,
Ich seh' nur Geister mich zum Abgrund ziehen! -
Wozu soll ich die goldnen Blüthen pflücken,
Kann ich doch nimmer das Geliebte schmücken.

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), no title, D 513A (1817?), published 1974 [ voice, piano ], incomplete sketch, breaks off after line 6; edited by Reinhard van Hoorickx

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner (1768 - 1823), "Impromptu", subtitle: "in Tharand's Ruinen geschrieben", written 1806, first published 1815

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Impromptu", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , subtitle: "Written in the ruins of Tharandt", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2019, (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: 2017-08-10
Line count: 13
Word count: 91

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