To Laura | Joy blooms around you on all paths

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by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

An Laura

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE

Freud' umblühe dich auf allen Wegen,
Schöner als sie je die Unschuld fand,
Seelenruh, des Himmels bester Segen
Walle dir wie Frühlingshauch entgegen,
Bis zum Wiedersehn im Lichtgewand!

Lächelnd wird der Seraph niederschweben,
Der die Palme der Vergeltung trägt,
Aus dem dunkeln Thal zu jenem Leben
Deine [schöne]¹ Seele zu erheben,
Wo der Richter unsre Thaten wägt.

[O dann]² töne Gottes ernste Waage
Wonne dir, von jedem Misklang frei,
Und der Freund an deinem Grabe sage:
Glückliche! der lezte deiner Tage
War ein Sonnenuntergang im Mai!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• L. Beethoven

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¹ Beethoven: "edle"
² Beethoven: "Dann"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "An Laura", appears in Wanderjahre in Deutschland (1784-1787) [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "An Laura", WoO. 112 (1792?) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "To Laura", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À Laura", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-31
Line count: 15
Word count: 88

To Laura

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Joy blooms around you on all paths,
More beautiful than that which innocence ever found.
Peace of mind, heaven's best blessing,
Flows against you like spring's breath,
Until the reunion in robes of light!

Smiling will the seraph float down
Who the palm of retribution carries,
From the dark valley to that [everlasting] life
Your [beautiful]¹ soul to raise,
Where the judge our deeds weighs.

Then ring God's grave scales,
Enjoy yourself, from any note of discord free,
And the friend at your grave says:
Happy [she]! your last days
Were a sunset in May!

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¹ Beethoven: "noble"

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Garrett Medlock, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "An Laura", appears in Wanderjahre in Deutschland (1784-1787)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-11
Line count: 15
Word count: 96