possibly by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
Translation by Franz Seraph Ritter von Bruchmann (1798 - 1867)
An die Leier Matches base text
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
Ich will von Atreus' Söhnen, Von Kadmus will ich singen! Doch meine Saiten tönen Nur Liebe im Erklingen. Ich tauschte um die Saiten, Die Leier möcht ich tauschen! Alcidens Siegesschreiten Sollt ihrer Macht entrauschen! Doch auch die Saiten tönen Nur Liebe im Erklingen! So lebt denn wohl, Heroen! Denn meine Saiten tönen Statt Heldensang zu drohen, Nur Liebe im Erklingen.
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "An die Leier", op. 56 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, D 737 (1822/3), published 1826 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Seraph Ritter von Bruchmann (1798 - 1867) [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) possibly by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
See other settings of this text.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A la lira", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan de lier", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To the lyre", copyright ©
- ITA Italian (Italiano) [singable] (Jakob Nikolaus Craigher de Jachelutta) , "Alla cetra (Anacreontica)"
Researcher for this page: Richard Morris
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 60