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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

Empedokles
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Das Leben suchst du, suchst, und es quillt und glänzt
 Ein göttlich Feuer tief aus der Erde dir,
  Und du in schauderndem Verlangen
   Wirfst dich hinab, in des Aetna Flammen.

So schmelzt' im Weine Perlen der Übermuth
 Der Königin; und mochte sie doch! hättst du
  Nur deinen Reichtum nicht, o Dichter
   Hin in den gährenden Kelch geopfert!

Doch heilig bist du mir, wie der Erde Macht,
 Die dich hinwegnahm, kühner Getödteter!
  Und folgen möcht' ich in die Tiefe,
   Hielte die Liebe mich nicht, dem Helden.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Empedokles", appears in Gedichte 1784-1800 [author's text not yet checked 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 Josef Matthias Hauer (1883 - 1959), "Empedokles", op. 32 (Sieben Lieder) no. 6 (1924) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lars-Henrik Nysten (b. 1969), "Empedokles", 2002, from Vier Fantasiestücke für Klavier und Sopranstimme nach Friedrich Hoelderlin, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 85

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