Le cours de la vie | Mon esprit s'efforce vers le haut, mais l'amour l'entraîne

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Hoch auf strebte mein Geist, aber die...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Hoch auf strebte mein Geist, aber die Liebe zog
  [Schön]¹ ihn nieder; das Leid beugt ihn gewaltiger;
    So durchlauf ich des Lebens
      Bogen und kehre, woher ich kam.

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• P. Hersant

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¹ Hersant: "Bald"

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Lebenslauf" [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 Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), "Liedpaar", 1951, first performed 1952 [ soprano, flute, violin, bass clarinet, horn, and harp ], from Mitte des Lebens, no. 4, Schott Music [sung text not yet checked]
by Josef Matthias Hauer (1883 - 1959), "Lebenslauf", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5 (1914) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Philippe Hersant (b. 1948), "Lebenslauf", 1992 [ soprano and instrumental ensemble (9 instruments) ], from Lebenslauf, 6 mélodies pour soprano solo et ensemble instrumental, no. 5, Paris, Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Spano , "Lebenslauf", from Hölderlin-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Claus Swienty , "Lebenslauf" [sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le cours de la vie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Le cours de la vie

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Mon esprit s'efforce vers le haut, mais l'amour l'entraîne
Déjà vers le bas ; la douleur le fléchit plus fort ;
Ainsi je parcours de la vie
L'arc et retourne d'où je suis venu.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Lebenslauf"
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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-26
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