Elogio del pesar | ¡Oh, no despreciéis los pesares de la vida!

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by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894)

Translation © by Alfredo García

Lob des Leidens

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

O, schmäht des Lebens Leiden nicht!
Seht ihr die Blätter, wenn sie sterben, 
Sich in des Herbstes goldenem Licht
Nicht reicher, als im Frühling färben?
Was gleicht der Blüte des Vergehens
Im Hauche des Oktoberwehens?

Krystallner als die klarste Flut
Erglänzt des Auges Tränenquelle, 
Tief dunkler flammt die Abendglut, 
Als hoch am Tag die Sonnenhelle, 
Und keiner kußt so heissen Kuß, 
Als wer für ewig scheiden muß.

Text Authorship:

by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), "Lob des Leidens", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Liebesgedichte und Lieder, first published 1866 [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), "Lob des Leidens", op. 15 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 (1886) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Elogi del sofriment", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lof van het lijden", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In praise of sorrow", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Éloge de la souffrance", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Elogio del dolore", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Elogio del pesar", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Peter Duyster

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

Elogio del pesar

Language: Spanish (Español) after the German (Deutsch)

¡Oh, no despreciéis los pesares de la vida!
Mirad las hojas; cuando mueren,
¿no brillan con la dorada luz del otoño
más ricas que en la primavera?
¿Qué puede igualar al fruto que desaparece
cuando sopla el viento de octubre?

Más cristalinas que la más clara corriente
resplandecen las lágrimas en los ojos,
más profunda arde la llama vespertina
que la claridad del sol en pleno día,
y nadie besa con besos tan ardientes
a aquél que tiene que partir para siempre.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2004 by Alfredo García, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), "Lob des Leidens", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Liebesgedichte und Lieder, first published 1866
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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 82