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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Laßt mich nur auf meinem Sattel gelten!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Laßt mich nur auf meinem Sattel gelten!
Bleibt in euren Hütten, euren Zelten!
Und ich reite froh in alle Ferne,
Über meiner Mütze nur die Sterne.

Er hat euch die Gestirne gesetzt
Als Leiter zu Land und See;
Damit ihr euch daran ergötzt,
Stets blickend in die Höh.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Freisinn", written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 1. Buch des Sängers -- Moganni Nameh [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 Hans Guido, Freiherr von Bülow (1830 - 1894), "Freisinn", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1852), published 1857 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Fritz Schuberth [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Lasst mich nur auf meinem Sattel gelten", op. 24 no. 4, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from West-östliche Rosen. Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Edit. Peters [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Freisinn", op. 57 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1860), published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff  [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Freisinn", op. 25 no. 2 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Myrten, no. 2, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Freisinn", c1921 [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Viktor Aleksandrovich Krylov (1838 - 1908) [an adaptation] ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Marta Garcia Cadena) , "Esperit lliure", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Enlightenment", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Esprit libre", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Spirito libero", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

Spirito libero
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Datemi solo di salire in sella!
Restatevene nelle vostre capanne, nelle vostre tende!
Io cavalco felice per il mondo,
sopra il mio berretto, solo le stelle.

Egli ha messo gli astri per voi,
per guidarvi in terra e in mare,
perché ne siate lieti,
guardando sempre verso l'alto.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 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) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Freisinn", written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 1. Buch des Sängers -- Moganni Nameh
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This text was added to the website: 2006-03-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

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