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by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

O Quell, was strömst du rasch und wild
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE
Die Blume.
 O Quell, was strömst du rasch und wild,
 Und wühlst in deinem Silbersande,
 Und drängst, von weißem Schaum verhüllt,
 Dich schwellend auf am grünen Rande?
 O riesle, Quell,
 Doch glatt und hell,
 Daß ich, verklärt von zartem Thaue,
 Mein zitternd Bild in dir erschaue.

Der Quell.
 O Blume, kann ich ruhig seyn,
 Wenn sich dein Bild in mir bespiegelt,
 Und wunderbare Liebespein
 Mich bald zurückhält, bald beflügelt?
 Drum streb' ich auf
 Mit irrem Lauf
 Und will mit schmachtendem Verlangen,
 Du Zarte, deinen Kelch umfangen.

Die Blume.
 O Quell, ich stehe viel zu fern,
 Du kannst dich nie zu mir erheben;
 Doch freundlich soll mein Blüthenstern
 Auf deiner heitern Fläche beben.
 Drum riesle hin
 Mit stillem Sinn;
 Süß ist's, im Busen ohne Klagen
 Der Liebsten keusches Bild zu tragen.

Der Quell.
 O Blume, Rath und Trost ist leicht,
 Doch schwer ist's, hoffnungslos zu glühen;
 Wenn auch mein Kuß dich nie erreicht,
 So muß ich ewig doch mich mühen.
 Ein Blatt allein
 Laß du hinein
 In meine wilde Tiefe fallen,
 Dann will ich still vorüberwallen.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Schubert 

F. Schubert sets stanza 1

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Confirmed with Ernst Schulze's sämmtliche poetische Schriften. Dritter Band. I. Poetisches Tagebuch. [...] Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1819, pages 45-46 and with Sämmtliche poetische Werke von Ernst Schulze. Neue Ausgabe mit sechszehn Kupfern. Dritter Theil. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1822, pages 46-47.

Note: Schubert's fragment breaks off almost at the end of the first stanza, in the middle of the word "erschaue".


Text Authorship:

  • by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817), "Am 8ten Januar 1814", written 1814, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch, vom 29ten Junius 1813 bis 17ten Februar 1817, first published 1819 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Blume und der Quell", D 874 (1826?), published 1959, stanza 1 [ voice and piano ], fragment, first stanza completed by Reinhard van Hoorickx [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De bloem en de bron", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La fleur et la source", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 175

De bloem en de bron
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
De bloem:
 O bron, wat stroom je snel en wild,
 En woelt maar in je zilv'ren zanden,
 En klimt, met schuim als wolzacht schild,
 Al zwellend tot de groene randen!
 O ruis maar, bron,
 Blink als de zon;
 Ik wil, door tere dauw omgeven,
 Mijn beeld verglansd in jou zien leven!
 
De bron:
 O bloem, hoe kan ik rustig zijn,
 Als zich jouw beeld in mij komt wiegen
 En wonderlijke liefdespijn
 Mij nu eens terughoudt, dan doet vliegen?
 Dus streef 'k omhoog,
 Kronk'lend omhoog,
 En wil met smachtend sterk verlangen
 Jou, lieve, en jouw kelk omvangen.
 
De bloem:
 O bron, ik sta toch veel te hoog,
 Je raakt mij nooit, met al je streven;
 Maar vriend'lijk moet mijn bloeiend oog
 Wel in jouw mont're spiegel beven.
 Dus ruis maar voort,
 Stil, onverstoord!
 Zoet is 't, in 't harte zonder klagen
 Het beeld der liefste mee te dragen.
 
De bron:
 O bloempje, raad en troost is licht,
 Maar zwaar is 't, zonder hoop te smachten;
 Bereikt mijn kus niet jouw gezicht,
 Dan moet ik eeuwig blijven trachten.
 Een enkel blad,
 Laat vallen dat
 En in mijn wilde diepte komen!
 Dan zal ik zwijgend verder stromen.

Text Authorship:

  • 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 Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817), "Am 8ten Januar 1814", written 1814, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch, vom 29ten Junius 1813 bis 17ten Februar 1817, first published 1819
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This text was added to the website: 2011-11-03
Line count: 36
Word count: 194

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