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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.
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Word count: 157
Tu hai destato il mio occhio a questa luce d'oro, il tuo etere mi circonda, ed io volgo in alto al tuo etere uno sguardo umano, che lo gode in modo nobile; tu mi hai dato uno spirito immortale, che pensa a te, Divina, e nel petto palpitante, Benigna, mi infondi il prezioso monito del dolore e la gioia che ricompensa; tu mi hai dato uno strumento per dare suono al pensiero dello spirito, ai sentimenti del cuore, hai dato serti della gloria e fortuna propizia ai tuoi figli più fieri, a me hai dato uno strumento; ai sensi ebbri, alati da elevato incanto, più bella si dipinge la vita, più bella nel cristallo della poesia si specchia la verità, più chiaro splende nel crepuscolo: grande dea, per questo deve, fin che le Parche mi tengono in vita, il sentimento di questo cuore, pieno di tenerzza infantile, in grato splendore ringraziarti, deve dall'aureo gioco la tua lode infinita, sublime creatrice, scorrere, deve questo memore spirito al tuo cuore materno in puro abbraccio stringersi, fin che morte lo distrugga!
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Translation of title "Hymnus" = "Inno"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (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) 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: 2005-10-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 178