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Daß du mein Auge wecktest zu diesem goldenen Lichte, daß mich dein Aether umfließt, daß ich zu deinem Aether hinauf einen Menschenblick richte, der ihn edler genießt, daß du einen unsterblichen Geist, der dich, Göttliche denket, und in die schlagende Brust Gütige, mir des [Schmerzens]1 wohlthätige Warnung geschenket und die belohnende Lust, Daß du des Geistes Gedanken, des Herzens Gefühle zu tönen mir ein Saitenspiel gabst, Kränze des Ruhms und das buhlende Glück deinen stolzeren Söhnen, mir ein Saitenspiel gabst, Daß dem trunkenen Sinn von hoher Begeistrung beflügelt, schöner das Leben sich mahlt, schöner in der Dichtung Crystall die Wahrheit sich spiegelt, heller die Dämmernde strahlt, Große Göttin, dafür soll, bis die Parzen mich fodern, dieses Herzens Gefühl zarter Kindlichkeit voll in dankbarem Strale dir lodern, Soll aus dem goldenen Spiel Unerschöpflich dein Preiß, erhabne Bildnerinn, fließen Soll dieser denkende Geist an dein mütterlich Herz [mit]2 reiner Umarmung sich schließen, bis der Tod sie zerreißt.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Thalia, Herausgegeben von Schiller. Dritter Band, XI. Heft. Leipzig, bei Georg Joachim Göschen [November 1790], pages 95-96.The poem is signed with "S." and has thus for many years been misattributed to Schiller.
1 Strauss: "Schmerzes"2 Strauss: "in"
Text Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)
- by Friedrich Gustav Schilling (1766 - 1839), "Im October 1788", written 1788, first published 1790 [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), "Hymnus", op. 33 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text checked 2 times]
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) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Lau Kanen [Guest Editor] , Peter Schöne , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 157
That you drew my attention to that golden glow with which your heavenly light suffuses me; that up to your heavenly light I may lift my humble human gaze Indulging in it; that you an immortal soul who dares to imagine you, Goddess, and into my pulsing heart, kind-hearted, you gave me the pain as a useful warning and ecstasy to entice envious thieves; To enable me to express my thoughts, and sound my innermost feelings You gave me a harp... Laurel crowns and easy success, [you gave] to your prouder sons, [but] you gave me a harp; To the mind drunk with talent on the wings of enthusiasm life seems to be more beautiful, That through the looking-glass of poetry the cloudy truth is much clearer Much brighter to see: Therefore, great Goddess, until the Fates come to get me, my heart beats for you like an innocent child's heart, and the flames of my gratitude will glow up to you, May from the golden harp Recurringly flow your praise, mighty creator-goddess, May this creative mind Nestle to your motherly heart in pure embrace, Until death do us part.
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Translation of title "Hymnus" = "Hymn"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) misattributed to Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805) and by Friedrich Gustav Schilling (1766 - 1839), "Im October 1788", written 1788, first published 1790
This text was added to the website: 2005-04-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 190