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"Dort raget ein Berg aus den Wolken her, Ihn erreicht wohl mein eilender Schritt. Doch [dort]1 ragen neue, und immer mehr - Fort, da mich der Drang noch durchglüht." Es treibt ihn vom schwebenden Rosenlicht Aus dem ruhigen, heitern Azur. - Und endlich - waren's die Berge nicht, Es war seine Sehnsucht nur. [Und allgemach rings wird es]2 öd und flach, Und doch [kam]3 er nimmer zurück - O Götter! gebt mir ein Hüttendach Im Thal, und ein friedliches Glück!
Confirmed with Gedichte von Franz von Schober, Stuttgart und Tübingen, J.G.Cotta'scher Verlag, 1842, page 8.
1 omitted by Schubert2 Schubert: "Doch nun wird es ringsum"
3 Schubert: "kann"
Authorship:
- by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882), "Genügsamkeit" [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), "Genügsamkeit", op. posth. 109 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, D 143 (1815), published 1829 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Senzillesa", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lotsaanvaarding", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "A feeling of sufficiency", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Simplicité", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 80
Daar torent een berg in de wolken omhoog, Hem bereikt wel mijn haastende voet. Maar nieuwe rijzen er steeds voor mijn oog, Vooruit, want de drang geeft mij gloed. Het trekt hem, het zwevende rood verschiet In het rustige, held're azuur. Maar eigenlijk waren 't de bergen niet, Het was zijn gedreven natuur. Doch nu wordt het overal kaal en vlak, En toch kan hij nooit meer terug. O goden, geef mij een simpel dak In 't dal, en een vredig geluk.1
1 Herhaling toegevoegd door Schubert: "O, geef mij een vredig geluk."
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2011 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Adolf Friedrich von Schober (1796 - 1882), "Genügsamkeit"
This text was added to the website: 2011-03-03
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Word count: 82