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sometimes misattributed to Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805) and by Friedrich Gustav Schilling (1766 - 1839)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

Daß du mein Auge wecktest zu diesem...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Daß du mein Auge wecktest zu diesem goldenen Lichte,
daß mich dein Aether umfließt,
daß ich zu deinem Aether hinauf einen Menschenblick richte,
der ihn edler genießt,
daß du einen unsterblichen Geist, der dich, Göttliche denket,
und in die schlagende Brust
Gütige, mir des [Schmerzens]1 wohlthätige Warnung geschenket
und die belohnende Lust,
Daß du des Geistes Gedanken, des Herzens Gefühle zu tönen
mir ein Saitenspiel gabst,
Kränze des Ruhms und das buhlende Glück deinen stolzeren Söhnen,
mir ein Saitenspiel gabst,
Daß dem trunkenen Sinn von hoher Begeistrung beflügelt,
schöner das Leben sich mahlt,
schöner in der Dichtung Crystall die Wahrheit sich spiegelt,
heller die Dämmernde strahlt,
Große Göttin, dafür soll, bis die Parzen mich fodern,
dieses Herzens Gefühl
zarter Kindlichkeit voll in dankbarem Strale dir lodern,
Soll aus dem goldenen Spiel
Unerschöpflich dein Preiß, erhabne Bildnerinn, fließen
Soll dieser denkende Geist
an dein mütterlich Herz [mit]2 reiner Umarmung sich schließen,
bis der Tod sie zerreißt.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   R. Strauss 

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Confirmed with Thalia, Herausgegeben von Schiller. Dritter Band, XI. Heft. Leipzig, bei Georg Joachim Göschen [November 1790], pages 95-96.The poem is signed with "S." and has thus for many years been misattributed to Schiller.

1 Strauss: "Schmerzes"
2 Strauss: "in"

Text Authorship:

  • sometimes misattributed to Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)
  • by Friedrich Gustav Schilling (1766 - 1839), "Im October 1788", written 1788, first published 1790 [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Hymnus", op. 33 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text checked 2 times]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Linda Godry) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Lau Kanen [Guest Editor] , Peter Schöne , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 157

Dat u mijn ogen wekte voor deze...
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Dat u mijn ogen wekte voor deze helgouden lichten,
Dat mij uw ether omvloeit;
Dat ik ook tot uw ether omhoog mag een mensenblik richten,
Daardoor danig geboeid;
Dat u een onsterflijke geest, die u, godd’lijke, denkt zich 
en in het kloppende hart,
Goedige, mij van pijn hebt ’t heilzame teken gegeven 
en ook belonende lust;
Dat u, om diepe gedachten en warme gevoelens te wekken,
Mij een snarenspel gaf,
Kransen van roem en verlokkend geluk aan uw trotsere zonen,
Mij een snarenspel gaf;
Dat mijn duiz’lende geest, door hogere geestdrift bevlogen,
Mooier het leven zich schetst,
Mooier in het dichtkunst - kristal de waarheid zich spiegelt,
Lichter de scheem’rende straalt:
Grote godin, daarvoor zal, tot de Parcen mij halen,
Het gevoel van dit hart,
Zacht en kinderlijk lief, met dankbare straal voor u branden,
Zal uit de glanzende harp
Onuitputt’lijk uw lof, verheven lerares, stromen,
Zal deze denkende geest
Aan uw moederlijk hart in reine omarming zich vlijen,
Tot de dood die verbreekt!

About the headline (FAQ)

Translations of title(s):
"Hymnus" = "Lofzang"
"Im Jahr 1788" = "In het jaar 1788"


Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2019 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) misattributed to Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805) and by Friedrich Gustav Schilling (1766 - 1839), "Im October 1788", written 1788, first published 1790
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2019-04-12
Line count: 24
Word count: 163

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