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by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875)

Widerspruch
 (Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Wenn ich durch Busch und Zweig
Brech' auf beschränktem Steig:
Wird mir so weit, so frei,
Will mir das Herz entzwei.
Rings dann im Waldeshaus
Rücken die Wänd' hinaus,
Wölbt sich das Laubgemach
Hoch mir zum Schwindeldach,
Webt sich der Blätter schier
Jedes zur Schwinge mir,
Daß sich mein Herz, so weit,
Sehnt nach Unendlichkeit!

Doch wann im weiten Raum
Hoch am Gebirgessaum,
Ueber dem Thal' ich steh',
Nieder zum Thale seh'
Ach! wie beschränkt, wie eng
Wird mir's im Luftgedräng;
Rings auf mein Haupt, so schwer,
Nicken die Wolken her,
Niederzustürzen droht
Rings mir das Abendroth,
Und in ein Kämmerlein
Sehnt sich mein Herz hinein!

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Widerspruch", op. 105 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, D 865 (1826?), published 1828, first performed 1828 [ ttbb chorus and piano ], Josef Czerny, VN 329, Wien

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804 - 1875), "Widerspruch"

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Contradicció", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Tegenstrijdigheid", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Contradiction", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Contradiction", copyright © 2010, (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: 24
Word count: 107

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