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Laura, über diese Welt zu flüchten Wähn ich [- mich in Himmelmaienglanz zu lichten]1, Wenn dein Blick in [meine]2 Blicke flimmt, Aetherlüfte träum' ich einzusaugen, Wenn [mein]3 Bild in deiner sanften Augen Himmelblauem Spiegel schwimmt. Leierklang aus Paradieses Fernen, Harfenschwung aus angenehmern Sternen Ras' ich in mein trunken Ohr zu ziehn, Meine Muse fühlt die Schäferstunde, Wenn von deinem wollustheißen Munde Silbertöne ungern fliehn - Amoretten seh' ich Flügel schwingen, Hinter dir die trunk'nen Fichten springen Wie von Orpheus Saitenruf belebt, Rascher rollen um mich her die Pole, Wenn im Wirbeltanze deine Sole Flüchtig wie die Welle schwebt - Deine Blicke - wenn sie Liebe lächeln, Könnten Leben durch den Marmor fächeln, Felsenadern Pulse leih'n, Träume werden um mich her zu Wesen, Kann ich nur in deinen Augen lesen: Laura, Laura mein!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Friederich Schiller. Zweiter Theil. Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Leipzig, 1805. Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, pages 88-89.
1 omitted by Schubert in D.5772 Schubert (Neue Gesamtausgabe): "meinem"
3 Schubert (D.577 only): "dein"
This is the final (third) version of Schiller's poem, where he suppressed all but the first four stanzas. For the earlier versions, see below.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Die Entzückung an Laura", 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 Siegfried Langgaard , "Die Entzückung an Laura", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Weimar, Guthmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Die Entzückung an Laura", published 1809? [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Entzückung an Laura", D 390 (1816), published 1895 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Entzückung an Laura", D 577 (1817), published 1895 [ voice, piano ], note: fragment, completed by Reinhard van Hoorickx [sung text checked 1 time]
Another version of this text exists in the database.
Set in a modified version by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Verrukking over Laura", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-07-31
Line count: 24
Word count: 129
Laura, il me semble que je m'évade au-dessus de ce monde, Que je brille de l'éclat du ciel au mois de mai Quand ton regard scintille dans mon regard ; Je rêve que je respire un air éthéré Lorsque flotte mon image Dans le miroir d'azur de tes doux yeux. Les notes d'une lyre, venant du fond du paradis, Les accords de harpe, des bienveillantes étoiles, Se bousculent en mon oreille enivrée ; Ma muse savoure l'heure du berger Lorsque de ta bouche voluptueuse S'échappent à regret des notes argentines. Je vois les amours battre des ailes, Sauter derrière toi les sapins enivrés, Comme animés par l'appel de la lyre d'Orphée ; Je sens les pôles accélérer autour de moi Quand dans une danse tourbillonnante Ton pied furtif flotte comme sur une vague. Quand l'amour fait sourire tes yeux, Ils pourraient insuffler vie au marbre, Faire battre les veines des rochers. Autour de moi les rêves prennent vie Quand je peux lire dans tes yeux, Laura, ma Laura !
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Translation of title "Die Entzückung an Laura" = "Le ravissement -- À Laura"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Pierre Mathé, (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), "Die Entzückung an Laura", written 1781
This text was added to the website: 2010-02-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 166