Der Sieg
German source:
Johann Mayrhofer
So rein und tief und klar!
Uralte Träume schweben
Auf Blumen wunderbar.
Der Geist zerbrach die Schranken,
Des Körpers träges Blei;
Er waltet gross und frei.
Es laben die Gedanken
An Edens Früchten sich;
Der alte Fluch entwich.
Was ich auch je gelitten,
Die Palme ist erstritten,
Gestillet mein Verlangen.
Die Musen selber sangen
Die Schlang’ in Todesschlaf,
Und meine Hand, sie traf.
The Victory
English translation ©
Richard Wigmore
so pure, so deep and clear!
Age-old dreams float
miraculously over the flowers.
The spirit broke the fetters
of the body’s inert leaden mass;
it roams great and free.
The mind is refreshed
by the fruits of Paradise;
the ancient curse is no more.
Whatever I may have suffered,
the palm is now won
and my longing stilled.
The Muses themselves sang
the snake to the sleep of death,
and my hand struck the blow.
Der Sieg
German source:
Johann Mayrhofer
The Victory
English source:
Richard Wigmore
O unbewölktes Leben!
O unclouded life,
So rein und tief und klar!
so pure, so deep and clear!
Uralte Träume schweben
Age-old dreams float
Auf Blumen wunderbar.
miraculously over the flowers.
Der Geist zerbrach die Schranken,
The spirit broke the fetters
Des Körpers träges Blei;
of the body’s inert leaden mass;
Er waltet gross und frei.
it roams great and free.
Es laben die Gedanken
The mind is refreshed
An Edens Früchten sich;
by the fruits of Paradise;
Der alte Fluch entwich.
the ancient curse is no more.
Was ich auch je gelitten,
Whatever I may have suffered,
Die Palme ist erstritten,
the palm is now won
Gestillet mein Verlangen.
and my longing stilled.
Die Musen selber sangen
The Muses themselves sang
Die Schlang’ in Todesschlaf,
the snake to the sleep of death,
Und meine Hand, sie traf.
and my hand struck the blow.
Composer
Franz Schubert
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…
Poet
Johann Mayrhofer
Johann Baptist Mayrhofer , was an Austrian poet and librettist. He is best known for his close friendship with the composer Franz Schubert. Mayrhofer was born in Steyr, educated and Novitiate in St. Florian's Priory Upper Austria. In 1810 he began…