Wir schreiten in goldener Fülle

Wir schreiten in goldener Fülle
Durch seliges Sommerland,
Fest liegen uns're Hände
Wie ineinander gebannt.

Die große Sommersonne
Hat [uns're]1 Herzen erhellt,
Wir schreiten in goldener Fülle
Bis an das Ende der Welt.

Und bleicht deine sinkende Stirne, 
Und läßt meine Seele ihr Haus,
Wir schreiten in goldener Fülle
Auch in das Jenseits hinaus.

Wem solch ein Sommer beschieden,
Der lacht der flüchtigen Zeit --
Wir schreiten in goldener Fülle
Durch alle Ewigkeit.

by Paul Remer (1867-1943)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Leo Ornstein (1892?4?-2002) , "In goldener Fülle", op. 33 no. 2, published 1915.
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864-1949) , "In goldener Fülle", op. 49 (Acht Lieder) no. 2 (1901).
by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861-1907) , "In goldner Fülle", op. 27 (4 Lieder) no. 3.
by Karl Weigl (1881-1949) , "In goldener Fülle", copyright © 1939 [duet for soprano and baritone], from 5 duets for Soprano and Baritone, no. 4, note: the score gives the author of text as "Paul Reiner" (probably a typo), also set in English

by Karl Weigl (1881-1949) , "In golden abundance", copyright © 1939 [duet for soprano and baritone], from 5 duets for Soprano and Baritone, no. 4, also set in German

ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) (Rebecca Plack)

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In golden abundance

We walk through golden abundance
Of summer's enchanted land.
Spellbound we two walk together
Clasping each other's hand.
 
The summer sun's great splendour
Has set our young hearts aglow,
So blithely in golden abundance
To the end of the world we will go.
 
Then when your fair brow will grow pallid
And my soul abandon its berth,
We'll walk on in golden abundance
Beyond the far rim of the earth.
 
To whom such a summer was granted,
He laughs at time's fleeting with glee.
We walk on in golden abundance
Through all eternity.

Singable translation by Vally Weigl, née Pick (1894?89?-1982)

a text in German by Paul Remer (1867-1943)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Karl Weigl (1881-1949) , "In golden abundance", copyright © 1939 [duet for soprano and baritone], from 5 duets for Soprano and Baritone, no. 4, also set in German

Date added to the website: 2009-06-11.