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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval

Gab die liebende Natur
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ariel
 Gab die liebende Natur,
 Gab der Geist euch Flügel,
 Folget meiner leichten Spur,
 Auf zum Rosenhügel!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Ariel" [ SATB chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Gérard Labrunie)


Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2010-11-15
Line count: 5
Word count: 17

Si la nature, ou si l'esprit
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Ariel
 Si la nature, ou si l'esprit,
 Vous pourvut d'ailes azurées,
 Suivez mon vol dans ces contrées,
 Où la rose pour moi fleurit.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I)
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

    [ None yet in the database ]


Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-12-14
Line count: 5
Word count: 23

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