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Beglückt, beglückt, Wer dich erblickt, Und deinen Himmel trinket; [Wem]1 dein Gesicht Voll Engellicht Den Gruß des Friedens winket. Ein süsser Blick, Ein Wink, ein Nick, Glänzt mir wie Frühlingssonnen; Den ganzen Tag Sinn' ich ihm nach, Und schweb' in Himmelswonnen. Dein holdes Bild Führt mich so mild An sanfter Blumenkette; In meinem Arm Erwacht es warm, Und geht mit mir zu Bette. Beglückt, beglückt, Wer dich erblickt, Und deinen Himmel trinket; [Wen]2 süsser Blick Und Wink und Nick Zum süssern Kusse winket.
A. Harder sets stanzas 1-3, 1
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludewig Heinrich Christoph Hölty. Besorgt durch seine Freunde Friederich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg und Johann Heinrich Voß. Hamburg, bei Carl Ernst Bohn. 1783, pages 180-181.
This is the version of Hölty's poem heavily reworked by Voß. For the original version, see below.
1 Schubert (AGA): "Wenn"2 Schubert: "Wem"
Authorship
- by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Der Liebende", written 1776 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
- by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Der Liebende", written 1776 [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 Johann Anton André (1775 - 1842), "Der Liebende", c1818 [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Harder (1775 - 1813), "Die Liebe", stanzas 1-3,1 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder mit Belgleitung des Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Liebende", D 207 (1815), published 1894 [sung text checked 1 time]
Another version of this text exists in the database.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De minnaar", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The lover", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 83
Fortunate, fortunate is he who catches sight of you, and drinks in your Heaven, when your face, suffused in angel-light beckons with a greeting of peace. A sweet gaze, A sign, a nod, shines upon me like the spring sun. The entire day I will contemplate it, and float in heavenly bliss. Your lovely image will lead me mildly by a gentle flower-chain; In my arms it awakens warm, and goes with me to bed. Fortunate, fortunate is he who catches sight of you, and drinks in your Heaven, whom a sweet gaze and a sign and a nod lures to sweeter kisses.
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), "Der Liebende", written 1776 and by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Der Liebende", written 1776
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 103