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Auf schweigendem Bergesgipfel Der Knabe [des Thales]1 ruht Und blickt in die ziehenden Wolken, In die sterbende Sonnenglut: "O schwebt' ich, wie Götter im Bronnen Des Aethers, im Sternenraum!" - Er entschlummert - olympische Wonnen Umfangen [ihn hold]2 im Traum. Es steigt sein Busen voll Sehnen Nach der Uranionen Glück, Und es öffnet sich trüb' vor Thränen Noch halb im Traume sein Blick: "Was hör' ich so lockend klingen? Was rauscht mir so wunderbar Um's Haupt mit goldenen Schwingen? Was willst du, kreisender Aar?" Und er fühlt sich auf Fitt'gen gehoben. "Ach, träum' ich noch immer? o Glück!" Es [trägt ihn, es reißt]3 ihn nach oben, Tief weichen die Berge zurück! "O süsses Sehnen und Hoffen! Fahr' wohl du [nächtliches]4 Thal: In [ewigem]5 Blau steht offen Der strahlende Göttersaal!"
1 Thuille: "vom Thale"
2 Thuille: "hold ihn"
3 Thuille: "reißt ihn, es trägt"
4 Thuille: "nächtlich"
5 Thuille: "ew'gem"
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Hamerling (1830 - 1889), "Ganymed", subtitle: "Aus ", appears in Sinnen und Minnen: Ein Jugendleben in Liedern, in Lieder, Prag: Kober & Markgraf, pp. 13-14, first published 1859 [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 Carl Martin Reinthaler (1822 - 1896), "Ganymed", op. 30 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor (oder vier Solostimmen)) no. 4, published 1878 [ mixed chorus or vocal quartet a cappella ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Ganymed", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 5, published 1887 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Ganymed", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ganymède", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-28
Line count: 24
Word count: 132
On the silent mountain peak The lad [of]1 the valley rests And gazes into the racking clouds, Into the dying fire of the sun: "Oh if I could float like the gods in the font Of the Aether, in starry space!"-- He falls asleep -- Olympian joys Envelop him gently in his dreams. His bosom full of yearning rises Toward the joys of the gods, And still half in dreams, his eyes open, Dim with tears: "What do I hear ringing so enticingly? What swooshes so wondrously About my head with golden wings? What do you desire, circling eagle?" And he feels himself lifted upon pinions: "Ah, do I still dream? Oh joy!" [He is carried, wrenched]2 upwards; The mountains recede far away! "Oh sweet yearning and hoping! Farewell, you nocturnal valley: In eternal blueness stands open The shining hall of the gods!"
1 Thuille: "from"
2 Thuille: "He is wrenched, carried"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Hamerling (1830 - 1889), "Ganymed", subtitle: "Aus ", appears in Sinnen und Minnen: Ein Jugendleben in Liedern, in Lieder, Prag: Kober & Markgraf, pp. 13-14, first published 1859
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-25
Line count: 24
Word count: 144