Victoire | Ô vie sans nuage !

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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Der Sieg

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

O unbewölktes Leben!
So rein und tief und klar.
Uralte Träume schweben
Auf Blumen wunderbar.

Der Geist zerbrach die Schranken,
Des Körpers träges Bley;
Er waltet groß und frey.
Es laben die Gedanken
An Edens Früchten sich;
Der alte Fluch entwich.
Was ich auch je gelitten,
Die Palme ist erstritten,
Gestillet mein Verlangen.
Die Musen selber sangen
Die [Schlang']¹ in Todesschlaf,
Und meine Hand - sie traf.

O unbewölktes Leben!
So rein und tief und klar.
Uralte Träume schweben
Auf Blumen wunderbar.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, pages 64-65.

¹ Schubert: "Sphinx"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Der Sieg" [author's text checked 2 times 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), "Der Sieg", D 805 (1824), published 1833 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 4270, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La victòria", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De overwinning", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Victory", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Victoire", copyright © 2010, (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: 20
Word count: 82

Victoire

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Ô vie sans nuage !
Si pure et profonde et claire.
D'anciens rêves flottent
Merveilleusement sur les fleurs.

L'esprit a brisé les chaînes
Du plomb du corps paresseux ;
Il règne, grand et libre.
Les pensées sont rafraîchies
par les fruits de l'Éden ;
L'ancienne malédiction est terminée.
Quoi que j'ai pu souffrir,
Luttant pour le rameau béni,
Mon désir s'est apaisé.
Les muses elles-mêmes ont chanté
Le serpent dans le sommeil de la mort,
Et ma main qui porta le coup.

Ô vie sans nuage !
Si pure et profonde et claire.
D'anciens rêves flottent
Merveilleusement sur les fleurs.

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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Der Sieg"
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-03
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Word count: 96