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by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

O Quell, was strömst du rasch und wild
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE
Die Blume.
 O Quell, was strömst du rasch und wild,
 Und wühlst in deinem Silbersande,
 Und drängst, von weißem Schaum verhüllt,
 Dich schwellend auf am grünen Rande?
 O riesle, Quell,
 Doch glatt und hell,
 Daß ich, verklärt von zartem Thaue,
 Mein zitternd Bild in dir erschaue.

Der Quell.
 O Blume, kann ich ruhig seyn,
 Wenn sich dein Bild in mir bespiegelt,
 Und wunderbare Liebespein
 Mich bald zurückhält, bald beflügelt?
 Drum streb' ich auf
 Mit irrem Lauf
 Und will mit schmachtendem Verlangen,
 Du Zarte, deinen Kelch umfangen.

Die Blume.
 O Quell, ich stehe viel zu fern,
 Du kannst dich nie zu mir erheben;
 Doch freundlich soll mein Blüthenstern
 Auf deiner heitern Fläche beben.
 Drum riesle hin
 Mit stillem Sinn;
 Süß ist's, im Busen ohne Klagen
 Der Liebsten keusches Bild zu tragen.

Der Quell.
 O Blume, Rath und Trost ist leicht,
 Doch schwer ist's, hoffnungslos zu glühen;
 Wenn auch mein Kuß dich nie erreicht,
 So muß ich ewig doch mich mühen.
 Ein Blatt allein
 Laß du hinein
 In meine wilde Tiefe fallen,
 Dann will ich still vorüberwallen.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Schubert 

F. Schubert sets stanza 1

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Ernst Schulze's sämmtliche poetische Schriften. Dritter Band. I. Poetisches Tagebuch. [...] Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1819, pages 45-46 and with Sämmtliche poetische Werke von Ernst Schulze. Neue Ausgabe mit sechszehn Kupfern. Dritter Theil. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1822, pages 46-47.

Note: Schubert's fragment breaks off almost at the end of the first stanza, in the middle of the word "erschaue".


Text Authorship:

  • by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817), "Am 8ten Januar 1814", written 1814, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch, vom 29ten Junius 1813 bis 17ten Februar 1817, first published 1819 [author's text checked 2 times 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), "Die Blume und der Quell", D 874 (1826?), published 1959, stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], fragment, first stanza completed by Reinhard van Hoorickx [sung text checked 1 time]

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) , "De bloem en de bron", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La fleur et la source", copyright © 2016, (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: 36
Word count: 175

La flor:/ Oh font, per què rages tan...
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
La flor:
Oh font, per què rages tan rabent i tan feréstega,
i furgues en el teu areny argentat,
i t’apresses, coberta d’escuma blanca,
tot creixent, vers la riba verda?
Oh font, flueix
però suaument i clara,
perquè jo, transfigurat per delicades gotes de rosada,
pugui veure en tu la meva trèmula imatge.

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Translations of title(s):
"Am 8ten Januar 1814" = "Al 8 de gener de 1814"
"Die Blume und der Quell" = "La flor i la font"


Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2019 by Salvador Pila, (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 Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817), "Am 8ten Januar 1814", written 1814, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch, vom 29ten Junius 1813 bis 17ten Februar 1817, first published 1819
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This text was added to the website: 2019-04-16
Line count: 9
Word count: 53

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