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by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Vorüber die stöhnende Klage!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Vorüber die stöhnende Klage!
Elisiums Freudengelage
Ersäufen jegliches Ach -
Elisiums Leben
Ewige Wonne, ewiges Schweben,
Durch lachende Fluren ein flötender Bach.

Jugendlich milde
Beschwebt die Gefilde
Ewiger May,
Die Stunden [entfliehen]1 in goldenen Träumen,
Die Seele schwillt aus in unendlichen Räumen,
Wahrheit reißt hier den Schleier entzwei.

Unendliche Freude
Durchwallet das Herz.
Hier mangelt der Name dem trauernden Leide,
[Sanfter]2 Entzücken nur heißet [hier]3 Schmerz.

Hier strecket der wallende Pilger die matten
Brennenden Glieder im säuselnden Schatten,
Leget die Bürde auf ewig dahin -
Seine Sichel entfällt hier dem Schnitter,
Eingesungen von Harfengezitter,
Träumt er geschnittene Halme zu sehn.

Dessen Fahne Donnerstürme wallte,
Dessen Ohren Mordgebrüll umhallte,
Berge bebten unter dessen Donnergang,
Schläft hier linde bei des Baches Rieseln,
Der wie Silber spielet über Kieseln,
Ihm verhallet wilder Speere Klang.

Hier umarmen sich getreue Gatten,
Küssen sich auf grünen sammt'nen Matten
Liebgekost vom [Balsamwest]4,
Ihre Krone findet hier die Liebe,
Sicher vor des Todes strengem Hiebe,
Feiert sie ein ewig Hochzeitfest.

F. Schubert sets stanza 3 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
F. Schubert sets stanza 3 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
F. Schubert sets stanza 4 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
F. Schubert sets stanza 5 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
F. Schubert sets stanza 6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
F. Schubert sets stanza 1 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friederich Schiller. Zweiter Theil. Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Leipzig, 1805. Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, pages 151-153.

First published in Anthologie auf das Jahr 1782, anonymously edited by Schiller with the fake publishing information "Gedrukt in der Buchdrukerei zu Tobolsko", actually published by Johann Benedict Metzler in Stuttgart. The poem (pages 196-198) has the subtitle "Eine Kantate" and "M." as the author's name.

1 Schubert: "entflieh'n"
2 Schiller (Wien 1810 edition), and Schubert: "Sanftes"
3 Schubert: "man"
4 Schubert (D.60): "Balsam West"; Schubert (D.584): "Balsam-West"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Elisium", written <<1781 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Unendliche Freude durchwallet das Herz", D 51 (1813), published 1897, stanza 3 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Unendliche Freude durchwallet das Herz", D 54 (1813), published 1873, stanza 3 [ vocal trio for 3 male voices ], canon [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Hier strecket der wallende Pilger", D 57 (1813), published 1897, stanza 4 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Dessen Fahne Donnerstürme wallte", D 58 (1813), published 1892, stanza 5 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Elysium", D 584 (1817), published 1830 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Hier umarmen sich getreue Gatten", D 60 (1813), published 1892, stanza 6 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Vorüber die stöhnende Klage", D 53 (1813), published 1892, stanza 1 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Elysium", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Elysium", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les champs Élysées", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Elisio", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 34
Word count: 165

Les champs Élysées
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
La plainte gémissante est passée !
Les fêtes joyeuses des champs Élysées
Ont noyé tout malheur.
La vie des champs Élysées :
Éternel bonheur, être en suspens éternellement,
Un ruisseau jouant de la flûte à travers des champs riants.

Jeune, doux,
Volant au-dessus des champs,
Éternel mois de Mai ;
Les heures volent dans des rêves dorés,
L'âme se gonfle dans un espace sans fin.
La vérité déchire ici le voile en deux.

Une joie sans fin
Remplit le cœur.
Ici le nom du chagrin du deuil fait défaut,
On appelle douleur seulement un doux délice.

Ici le pèlerin étend ses membres
Fatigués et brûlant à l'ombre murmurante,
Pose son fardeau pour l'éternité --
Le faucheur lâche ici sa faux,
Endormi par le tremblement d'une harpe
Rêvant qu'il voit le blé coupé à côté.

Celui dont le drapeau a résisté aux tempêtes orageuses,
Celui dont les oreilles résonnent des rugissements meurtriers,
Des montagnes tremblant sous leurs coups de tonnerre,
Il dort ici gentiment près du ruisseau qui s'écoule,
Qui court comme l'argent et joue sur les cailloux ;
Le bruit des lances sauvages se perd au loin.

Ici des couples fidèles s'embrassent,
Échangeant des baisers sur les prés de velours vert,
Jouissant amoureusement de l'ouest embaumé ;
L'amour ici trouve sa couronne,
À l'abri des coups sévères de la mort,
Célébrant une fête éternelle de noces.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Elisium", written <<1781
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-30
Line count: 34
Word count: 220

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