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by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) and by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Wie glücklich sie wandeln, die sel'gen Geister

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT FRE ITA SPA

Die Peri
 Wie glücklich sie wandeln, die sel'gen Geister,
 Im Dufte von Blumen, die nimmer verblühn!
 Sind mein auch die Gärten auf Landen und Meer,
 Und pflück' ich selbst Blumen auf Sternen umher:
 Ein Blümlein des Himmels ist schöner denn alle!
 Glänzt Kaschemirs See auch sonnig und rein
 Mit seiner Plataneninseln Schein,
 Und rinnen dort Ströme auf goldnem Sand,
 Doch ach! nur den Seligen ist's bekannt:
 Ein Tropfen des Himmels ist schöner denn alle!
 Geh, schwing dich im Fluge von Stern zu Stern,
 Von Welt zu leuchtender Welt, so fern
 Als der Himmel wölbt seine Sonnenhalle,
 Nimm alle die Wonnen von allen den Sphären
 Und laß durch unendliche Zeiten sie währen:
 Ein Stündlein des Himmels ist schöner denn alle!

Note: this text is a translation of part of Thomas Moore's Paradise and the Peri.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
by Emil Flechsig (1808 - 1878) [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 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Wie glücklich sie wandeln, die sel'gen Geister", op. 50 no. 2 (1843), published 1844, from Das Paradies und die Peri, no. 2, Part I; Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Que feliços passegen els benaurats esperits", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Combien sont heureux ceux qui se promènent, les saints esprits", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Come felici avanzano, gli spiriti beati", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-13
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Word count: 119

Come felici avanzano, gli spiriti beati

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

La Peri
 Come felici avanzano gli spiriti beati
 fra il profumo dei fiori che mai appassiscono!
 Se anche sono miei i giardini di terra e di mare,
 e possa cogliere fiori anche qua e là fra le stelle:
 più di tutti è bello un fiorellino del cielo!
 Luminoso e puro risplende il lago del Kashmir
 con il riflesso delle sue isole di platani, 
 e là scorrono ruscelli fra le sabbie dorate,
 Ma ahimè! Solo ai beati ciò è noto:
 una goccia di cielo è più di ogni altra cosa bella!
 Va', librati volando da stella a stella,
 da un astro a un altro ancora più luminoso, così lontano
 quanto il cielo stende la sua volta solare, 
 accogli pure le gioie che le sfere ti offrono
 e fa' che durino per un tempo infinito:
 ma una sola ora del cielo è più bella di tutte.

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This text was added to the website: 2013-05-13
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Word count: 144