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Wenn ich einst das Ziel errungen habe, In den Lichtgefilden jener Welt, Heil! der Thräne dann an meinem Grabe, Die auf hingestreute Rosen fällt. Sehnsuchtsvoll, mit [hoher]1 Ahnungswonne, Ruhig, wie der mondbeglänzte Hain, Lächelnd, wie beim Niedergang die Sonne, Harr' ich, göttliche Vollendung, dein! Eil', o eile mich empor zu flügeln, Wo sich unter mir die Welten drehn, Wo im Lebensquell sich Palmen spiegeln, Wo die Liebenden sich wiedersehn! Sklavenketten sind der Erde Leiden; [Oefters, ach! zerreißt]2 sie nur der Tod! Blumenkränzen gleichen ihre Freuden, Die ein Westhauch zu entblättern droht!
F. Schubert sets stanzas 1-3
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich von Matthisson. Erster Theil. Tübingen, bei Cotta, 1811, page 66; and with Gedichte von Friedrich Matthisson. Mannheim in der neuen Hof- und akademischen Buchhandlung. 1787, pages 12-13.
First published in Poetische Blumenlese auf das Jahr 1786. Göttingen, bey Joh. Christian Dieterich, page 218, with an additional stanza between stanzas 1 and 2; see below.
1 Schubert: "banger"2 Matthisson (Mannheim 1787 edition): "Oft, ach, öfters bricht"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Die Vollendung", written 1784-85, appears in Wanderjahre in Deutschland (1784-1787), first published 1785 [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 August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847 - 1902), "Vollendung", op. 63 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1895 [ Dessau, Kahle's Verlag ], Leipzig, Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Die Vollendung", op. 5 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 2, published 1829? [ bass and piano ], Munich; J. A. Sidler [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Anton Maurer (1777 - 1803), "Wenn ich einst das Ziel errungen" [ voice and piano ], from Drey Lieder, no. 3, München: In der Falterischen Musikhandlung [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johann) Albert Gottlieb Methfessel (1785 - 1869), "Die Vollendung ", published 1820, Rudolstadt, Commission der Hofbuchhandlung, in Liederkranz; Zweiter Heft, Sammlung von Gesängen & Liedern, [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739 - 1796), "Die Vollendung", published 1796 [ voice and piano ], from Oden und Lieder aus den besten deutschen Dichtern, Zweite Sammlung, no. 9, Leipzig: Bei Georg August Grieshammer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Vollendung", D 579A (1817?), published 1970, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], formerly catalogued as D. 989. Kassel, Bärenreiter-Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Xaver Sterkel (1750 - 1817), "Die Vollendung", 1796 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von Matthisson, no. 6, Mannheim München Düsseldorf, Johann Michael Götz, No. 581 [sung text not yet checked]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Voleinding", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Accomplissement", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 91
Quand un jour j'atteindrai mon but Dans les champs lumineux de l'autre monde, Alors je saluerai les larmes qui sur ma tombe Tomberont sur les roses éparpillées. Plein de nostalgie, avec un pressentiment joyeux et anxieux, Calme comme le bosquet à la lumière de la lune, Souriant, comme le soleil à son coucher, Je t'attendrai, accomplissement divin ! Hâte-toi, hâte-toi de m'emporter en haut, Là où les mondes tournent au-dessous de moi, Où les palmiers se reflètent dans la source de la vie, Où les amants soupirent à nouveau. Les chaînes de l'esclavage sont une souffrance sur terre, Souvent, hélas ! le plus souvent seule la mort les brise ! Vos joies sont comme des couronnes de fleurs Que le souffle de l'ouest menace d'effeuiller !
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Die Vollendung", written 1784-85, appears in Wanderjahre in Deutschland (1784-1787), first published 1785
This text was added to the website: 2011-10-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 123