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Im kalten, rauhen Norden Ist Kunde mir geworden Von [einer]1 Sonnenstadt. Wo weilt das Schiff, wo [winkt]2 der Pfad, Die mich zu [ihren]3 Hallen tragen? Von Menschen konnt' ich nichts erfragen, - [In]4 Zwiespalt waren sie [verloren]5. Zur Blume, die sich Helios erkoren, Die ewig in sein Antlitz blickt, Wandt' ich mich nun, - und ward entzückt: »Wende, so wie ich, zur Sonne Deine [Blicke]6! Dort ist Wonne, Dort ist Leben; Treu ergeben, Pilg're zu, und zweifle nicht; Ruhe findest du im Licht; Licht erzeuget alle Gluten, - Hoffnungspflanzen, Thatenfluten!«
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Neue Sammlung. Aus dessen Nachlasse mit Biographie und Vorwort herausgegeben von Ernst Freih. v. Feuchtersleben. Wien, 1843. Verlag von Ignaz Klang, Buchhändler, pages 195-196.
Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts in handwriting; the manuscripts of his cycle Heliopolis, dedicated to Franz von Schober, are preserved in the Vienna City Library. The printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later and presents the texts in a revised version. This poem (originally no. 5 of the cycle) is now no. 1 of the cycle in the printed edition. Here the cycle is preceded by a motto:
Ein altes Thema, vorgetragen In grauen Zeiten, laß uns variiren! Wir dürfen, wenn wir auch Ikarisiren - Uns öfters noch zur Sonne wagen! 1821.1 Schubert; and Mayrhofer's manuscript: "einer Stadt, der"
2 Schubert; and Mayrhofer's manuscript: "ist"
3 Schubert: "jenen"
4 Schubert; and Mayrhofer's manuscript: "Im"
5 Schubert; and Mayrhofer's manuscript: "verworren"
6 Schubert; and Mayrhofer's manuscript: "Augen"
Authorship:
- by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Heliopolis", appears in Heliopolis, no. 5 [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 Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "Aus Heliopolis", op. 65 no. 3 (1993) [ alto and piano ], from Drei Lieder mit den Liedertexten von Schuberts, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Heliopolis I", alternate title: "Aus Heliopolis I", op. 65 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, D 753 (1822), published 1826 [ voice, piano ], Cappi & Czerny, VN 221, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 90
In the cold, rough north I received word of a city - the city of the sun. Where awaits the ship, where is the path to bring me to those halls? From men could I ascertain nothing, for, in dissention, they were confused. To the flower, which Helios chose himself, and which always gazes toward his face, I now turned, and was enchanted. "Turn, as I do, toward the sun your eyes! There is bliss, there is Life; truly devoted, forge ahead toward it and do not doubt; peace will you discover in the light. Light produces all the fires, all the fruit of hope, and all the floods of deeds.
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Note: this is a translation of Schubert's sung text.
Translation of title "Aus Heliopolis I" = "From Heliopolis I"Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Heliopolis", appears in Heliopolis, no. 5
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 111