Songs
Wiedersehn
(1825)
D855
Wiedersehn
Der Frühlingssonne holdes Lächeln Ist meiner Hoffnung Morgenrot; Mir flüstert in des Westes Fächeln Der Freude leises Aufgebot.Ich komm’, und über Tal und Hügel,O süsse Wonnegeberin,Schwebt auf des Liedes raschem Flügel, Der Gruss der Liebe zu dir hin.Der Gruss der Liebe von dem Treuen, Der ohne Gegenliebe schwur,Dir ewig Huldigung zu weihenWie der allwaltenden Natur;Der stets, wie nach dem Angelsterne Der Schiffer, einsam blickt und lauscht, Ob nicht zu ihm in Nacht und Ferne Des Sternes Klang hernieder rauscht.Du liebst mich, göttlich hohes Wesen!Du liebst mich, sanftes zartes Weib!Es gnügt. Ich fühle mich genesen,Und Lebensfüll an Seel' und Leib.Nein, noch mit dem Geschick zu hadern,Das schnell mich wieder von dir reisst,Verschmäht mein Blut, das durch die AdernMit stolzen leichten Wellen kreisst.
Reunion
The sweet smile of the spring sunis the dawn of my hope;in the stirring of the west windI hear joy’s softly whispered call.I am coming! And over hill and dale, sweet bestower of delight,love sails to greet you on swift wings of song.It is love’s greeting from one who is devoted, who, without ritual, sworeto pay eternal homage to youand to all-powerful nature;who forever watches and listens alone,like the sailor for the pole star,for the sound of that star to come down to him through the remote expanses of the night.You love, me, divine, exalted creature!
You love me, gentle, tender woman!
It is enough. I feel myself cured,
With an abundance of life in my body and soul.
No, my blood, labouring through my veins
In proud, slight waves,
Disdains to struggle further with the fate
That swiftly snatches me from you again.
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Composer
Franz Peter Schubert was an late Classical and early Romantic composer. He produced a vast oeuvre during his short life, composing more the 600 vocal works (largely Lieder), and well as several symphonies, operas, and a large body of piano music. He was uncommonly gifted from a young age, but appreciation of his music was limited during his lifetime. His work became more popular in the decades after his death, and was praised by 19th century composers, including Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Liszt.
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Poet
August Wilhelm (after 1812: von) Schlegel, usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German poet, translator, critic, and a foremost leader of Jena Romanticism along with his brother Friedrich Schlegel. His translations of Shakespeare made the English dramatist's works into German classics. Schlegel was also the first professor in Sanskrit on the continent and produced a translation of the Bhagavad Gita.
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Wiedersehn
Reunion
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Composer
Franz Peter Schubert was an late Classical and early Romantic composer. He produced a vast oeuvre during his short life, composing more the 600 vocal works (largely Lieder), and well as several symphonies, operas, and a large body of piano music. He was uncommonly gifted from a young age, but appreciation of his music was limited during his lifetime. His work became more popular in the decades after his death, and was praised by 19th century composers, including Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Liszt.
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Poet
August Wilhelm (after 1812: von) Schlegel, usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German poet, translator, critic, and a foremost leader of Jena Romanticism along with his brother Friedrich Schlegel. His translations of Shakespeare made the English dramatist's works into German classics. Schlegel was also the first professor in Sanskrit on the continent and produced a translation of the Bhagavad Gita.
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