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Süßer Schlaf! Du [kommst wie]1 ein reines Glück ungebeten, unerfleht am willigsten. Du lösest die Knoten der strengen Gedanken, vermischest alle Bilder der Freude und des Schmerzes; ungehindert fließt der Kreis innerer Harmonien, und eingehüllt in gefälligen Wahnsinn, versinken wir und hören auf zu sein.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Oelschlaeger: "zeigst"; further changes may exist not noted.
Authorship
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Egmont [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), "Melodrama", op. 84 no. 9, from the stage composition Egmont, no. 9. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Oelschlaeger (1798 - 1858), "Zu einem Bilde aus Egmont", published [1834?] [SATB quartet a cappella], from Sieben Gesänge für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass, no. 3, Berlin: Bei T. Trautwein [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-26
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Doux sommeil ! Tu viens comme un bonheur pur sans te faire prier, volontairement, de bonne volonté. Tu défais les nœuds des pensées sans indulgence, tu mélanges toutes les images de joie et de douleur ; sans encombre coule le cercle de l'harmonie intérieure, et enveloppés d'une folie plaisante nous coulons et cessons d'être.
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Translations of title(s):
"Melodrama" = "Mélodrame"
"Zu einem Bilde aus Egmont" = "D'Egmont à un portrait"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2019 by Guy Laffaille, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Egmont
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-21
Line count: 7
Word count: 54