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Laura, über diese Welt zu flüchten Wähn ich [- mich in Himmelmaienglanz zu lichten]1, Wenn dein Blick in [meine]2 Blicke flimmt, Aetherlüfte träum' ich einzusaugen, Wenn [mein]3 Bild in deiner sanften Augen Himmelblauem Spiegel schwimmt. Leierklang aus Paradieses Fernen, Harfenschwung aus angenehmern Sternen Ras' ich in mein trunken Ohr zu ziehn, Meine Muse fühlt die Schäferstunde, Wenn von deinem wollustheißen Munde Silbertöne ungern fliehn - Amoretten seh' ich Flügel schwingen, Hinter dir die trunk'nen Fichten springen Wie von Orpheus Saitenruf belebt, Rascher rollen um mich her die Pole, Wenn im Wirbeltanze deine Sole Flüchtig wie die Welle schwebt - Deine Blicke - wenn sie Liebe lächeln, Könnten Leben durch den Marmor fächeln, Felsenadern Pulse leih'n, Träume werden um mich her zu Wesen, Kann ich nur in deinen Augen lesen: Laura, Laura mein!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Gedichte von Friederich Schiller. Zweiter Theil. Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Leipzig, 1805. Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, pages 88-89.
1 omitted by Schubert in D.5772 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "meinem"
3 Schubert (D.577 only): "dein"
This is the final (third) version of Schiller's poem, where he suppressed all but the first four stanzas. For the earlier versions, see below.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Die Entzückung an Laura", written 1781 [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 Siegfried Langgaard , "Die Entzückung an Laura", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Weimar, Guthmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Die Entzückung an Laura", published 1809? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Entzückung an Laura", D 390 (1816), published 1895 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Entzückung an Laura", D 577 (1817), published 1895 [ voice, piano ], note: fragment, completed by Reinhard van Hoorickx [sung text checked 1 time]
Another version of this text exists in the database.
Set in a modified version by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg.
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) , "Verrukking over Laura", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2017-07-31
Line count: 24
Word count: 133
Laura, it is as if I am escaping out of this world, That is what I imagine, in order to immerse myself in the heavenly glow of May, When our eyes meet and your gaze shimmers in mine, I dream that I am absorbing ethereal breezes, When in your gentle eyes my image Swims in your sky-blue mirror; The sound of lyres in distant Paradise, The sway of harps from more attractive stars, Those are the sounds I am passionate my ears should be turned towards, My muse can sense the 'heure du berger', When, from your passionately warm mouth Silver notes reluctantly escape; I watch cupids flapping their wings, Behind you the drunken spruce trees are dancing As if brought to life by the call of Orpheus's strings, The poles swirl around me more rapidly When your feet, in their whirling dance, Swirl around as fleeting as a wave; Your glances, when they smile with love, Could stir marble into life And provide a pulse for the veins in rocks, Dreams will become true around me If only I can read in your eyes: Laura, Laura is mine!
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Translations of titles
"Die Entzückung an Laura" = "The Enchantment with Laura"
"Entzückung an Laura" = "Enchantment with Laura"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 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 Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Die Entzückung an Laura", written 1781
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-13
Line count: 24
Word count: 189