Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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VOCES8 sings Schubert's 'Liebe, Op.17, No. 2' in rehearsal at the VOCES8 Centre in London.

TEXT
Liebe rauscht der Silberbach,
Liebe lehrt ihn sanfter wallen,
Seele haucht sie in das Ach
Klagenreicher Nachtigallen -
Liebe Liebe lispelt nur
Auf der Laute der Natur

Weisheit mit dem Sonnenblick,
Große Göttin tritt zurück,
Weiche vor der Liebe.
Nie Erobrern, Fürsten nie
Beugtest du ein Sklavenknie,
Beug' es itzt der Liebe.

TRANSLATION
Love stirs the silver brook,
Love teaches it to flow more softly;
It breathes the soul into the cry
Of the rich laments of nightingales.
Love, it is love alone that whispers
In the sound of nature.

Wisdom with the glance of the sun,
Great goddess, step back
Out of the way of love!
Never to conquerors, never to princes
Should you bend a knee in slavery,
Bend it now to love! ​​​​​​​​
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