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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.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, pages 64-65.
1 Schubert: "Sphinx"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 verified 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 text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2017-08-14 15:50:34
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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.
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- 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"
Text added to the website: 2010-02-03 00:00:00
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