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Keinen hat es noch gereut, Der das Roß bestiegen, Um in frischer Jugendzeit Durch die Welt zu fliegen. Berge und Auen, Einsamer Wald, Mädchen und Frauen Prächtig im Kleide, Golden Geschmeide, Alles erfreut ihn mit schöner Gestalt. Wunderlich fliehen Gestalten dahin, Schwärmerisch glühen Wünsche in jugendlich trunkenem Sinn. Ruhm streut ihm Rosen Schnell in die Bahn, Lieben und Kosen, Lorbeer und Rosen Führen ihn höher und höher hinan. Rund um ihn Freuden, Feinde beneiden, Erliegend, den Held -- Dann wählt er bescheiden Das Fräulein, das ihm nur vor allen gefällt. Und Berge und Felder Und einsame Wälder Mißt er zurück. Die Eltern in Tränen, Ach, alle ihr Sehnen -- Sie alle verreinigt das lieblichste Glück. Sind Jahre verschwunden, Erzählt er dem Sohn In traulichen Stunden, Und zeigt seine Wunden, Der Tapferkeit Lohn. So bleibt das Alter selbst noch jung, Ein Lichtstrahl in der Dämmerung.
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- by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 2, chapter heading: "Wie ein fremder Sänger an den Hof des Grafen von Provence kam" [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Keinen hat es noch gereut", op. 33 no. 1 (1861-65), published 1865 [voice and piano], from Die schöne Magelone. Romanzen aus L. Tiecks Magelone, no. 1, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "No one has yet regretted", copyright ©
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Nessuno ancora si è pentito", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Niemand die een paard berijdt", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- TUR Turkish (Türkçe) (Gül Sabar) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 142
No one has yet regretted getting on his horse In his fresh youth, To speed through the world. Mountains and meadows, Lonely forests, Maidens and women, Splendrous in their attire, Golden jewelry, Everthing delights him with its fair form. Miraculously fly Forms past him, Rapturously glow the desires in his youth-drunk senses. Fame strews roses Swiftly in his path, Love and caresses, and laurels and roses Lead him higher and higher onward. Around him: joys, His enemies envy him, And succumb to the hero. Then he chooses contentedly The maiden who, of all, most pleases him. And Mountains and fields And lonely forests He soon leaves behind him. His parents in tears, Ah, after all of their longing - They are all reunited in loving happiness. Years have slipped past; He tells his son In a comfortable moment, And points to his scars, The rewards of bravery. Thus old age remains yet young, A beam of light in the dusk.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 2, chapter heading: "Wie ein fremder Sänger an den Hof des Grafen von Provence kam"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 37
Word count: 160