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[Wohin, o Helios? in]1 Fluthen Will ich den Flammenleib versenken, Gewiß im Innern, neue Gluthen Der Erde [nach Bedarf]2 zu schenken. Ich nehme [nichts, gewohnt]3 zu geben; Und wie verschwenderisch mein Leben, Umhüllt mein Scheiden goldne Pracht, Ich scheide herrlich, naht die Nacht. Wie [bleich]4 der Mond, wie matt die Sterne! So lang ich kräftig mich bewege, Erst wenn ich [ab die]5 Krone lege, [Wird ihnen Muth und Glanz in ihrer Ferne.]6
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 175.
Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts generally in handwriting; the printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later and presents the texts usually in a revised version.
1 Schubert: "Wohin? o Helios! wohin? »In kühlen"2 Schubert: "feuerreich"
3 Schubert: "nicht, ich pflege nur"
4 Schubert: "blaß"
5 Schubert: "auf die Berge meine"
6 Schubert: "Gewinnen sie an Mut und Kraft in weiter Ferne.«"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Freywilliges Versinken" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Freiwilliges Versinken", D 700 (1820), published 1831 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 3708, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Enfonsament voluntari", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Vrijwillig óndergaan", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "Free fall", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chute volontaire", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Volontario inabissarsi", copyright © 2009, (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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72
[Where to, oh Helios? Into the tides]1 I want to plunge this blazing body, Inwardly certain that new flames [Can be supplied to meet earth's demand.]2 [I take nothing, I am used to giving;]3 And just as my life has been extravagant, Golden splendour will surround my departure, I depart majestically as night approaches. How pale the moon is, how faint the stars As long as I move so powerfully! It is only when [I lay down my crown That their courage and glowing in their distant locations appear.]4
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Freywilliges Versinken" = "Voluntary annihilation"
"Freiwilliges Versinken" = "Voluntary annihilation"
2 Schubert: "Can be supplied to the earth from my rich supply of fire."
3 Schubert: "I do not take, I am only concerned to give."
4 Schubert: " I lay my crown on the mountains / That they gain courage and power in the far distance."
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Malcolm Wren, (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 Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Freywilliges Versinken"
This text was added to the website: 2019-04-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 89