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Auch das Schöne muß sterben! Das Menschen und Götter bezwinget, Nicht die eherne Brust rührt es des stygischen Zeus. Einmal nur erweichte die Liebe den Schattenbeherrscher, Und an der Schwelle noch, streng, rief er zurück sein Geschenk. Nicht stillt Aphrodite dem schönen Knaben die Wunde, Die in den zierlichen Leib grausam der Eber geritzt. Nicht errettet den göttlichen Held die unsterbliche Mutter, Wann er, am skäischen Tor fallend, sein Schicksal erfüllt. Aber sie steigt aus dem Meer mit allen Töchtern des Nereus, Und die Klage hebt an um den verherrlichten Sohn. Siehe, da weinen die Götter, es weinen die Göttinnen alle, Daß das Schöne vergeht, daß das Vollkommene stirbt. Auch ein Klaglied zu sein im Mund der Geliebten, ist herrlich, Denn das Gemeine geht klanglos zum Orkus hinab.
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Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Nänie" [author's text not yet checked 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Nänie", op. 82 (1880/1), published 1882 [ chorus and orchestra with harp ad libitum ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840 - 1876), "Nenie", op. 10 (1874) [ SATB chorus and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Nänie", op. 44 (Zwei Lieder nach Gedichten Friedrich Schillers) no. 1 (1905) [ voice and piano or orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Klaagzang", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Daniel Platt) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nénies", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Anche la Bellezza è destinata a morire!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 128
La Beauté aussi doit aussi mourir ! Elle qui subjugue les hommes et les dieux N'émeut pas la poitrine d'airain de Zeus stygien. Une fois seulement, l'amour attendrit le Maître des Ombres, Et encore sur le seuil, il déclina son cadeau d'un grand cri. Aphrodite ne calme pas la blessure du bel enfant Au corps délicat déchiré par le cruel verrat. La mère immortelle ne sauve pas le héros divin, Quand, tombant à la porte Scée, il accomplit son destin. Mais elle émerge de la mer, avec toutes les sœurs de Nérée, Et alors sa lamentation s'élève pour son glorieux fils. Vois ! les dieux pleurent, et toutes les déesses pleurent La disparition de la Beauté, la mort de la perfection. Une complainte dans la bouche de la bien‑aimée aussi est merveille, Car le commun disparaît sans bruit dans les enfers d'Orcus.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2008 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Nänie"
This text was added to the website: 2008-03-31
Line count: 14
Word count: 142