[Eins!]1 O Mensch! Gib Acht! [Zwei!]1 Was spricht, die tiefe Mitternacht? [Drei!]1 „Ich schlief, ich schlief --, [Vier!]1 „Aus tiefem Traum bin ich erwacht: -- [Fünf!]1 „Die Welt ist tief, [Sechs!]1 „Und tiefer als der Tag gedacht. [Sieben!]1 „Tief ist ihr Weh -, [Acht!]1 „Lust - tiefer noch als Herzeleid: [Neun!]1 „Weh spricht: Vergeh! [Zehn!]1 „Doch alle Lust will Ewigkeit -, [Elf!]1 „-- will tiefe, tiefe Ewigkeit!“ [Zwölf!]1
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Also sprach Zarathustra: ein Buch für Alle und Keinen, Volume 3, Chemnitz, Verlag von Ernst Schmeitzner, 1884, pages 111-112.
1 omitted by Mahler, Foss.Authorship:
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), no title, appears in Also sprach Zarathustra [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 Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Das trunkne Lied", op. 22 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3 (2006) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lukas Foss (b. 1922), "O Mensch! Gib acht!", 1959-60, published 1961, copyright © 1964 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Time Cycle, no. 4, New York, Carl Fischer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Das trunkene Lied", op. 55 no. 6, published <<1905 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lothar Kempter (1844 - 1918), "Um Mitternacht" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marius Felix Lange (b. 1968), "O Mensch! Gib acht!", 1999 [ soprano and string sextet ], from 3 Liebeslieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marius Felix Lange (b. 1968), "O Mensch! Gib acht!", 2007 [ children's chorus ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Zarathustras Mitternachtslied", from Symphony no. 3, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "O Mensch! Gib acht!", op. 201 (2012) [ baritone and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Zarathustras Rundgesang", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Dichtungen von Friedrich Nietzsche, no. 4, Stockholm, Lundquist [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Pfohl (1862 - 1949), "Das trunkene Lied", <<1915 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Streicher (1874 - 1940), "Das trunkene Lied", published 1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Moderne Dichter I (Heft III of 24 Lieder), no. 18, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Um Mitternacht", op. 13 no. 3 (1935-6) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Das trunkne Lied", 1961 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Das trunkene Lied", 1931 [ baritone and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Henri Albert (1869 - 1921) , appears in Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra, in 3. L'autre chant de la danse, no. 3, Paris, Édition du Mercure de France, first published 1903 ; composed by Albert Doyen.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Thomas Common) , no title
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "O uomo! Attento ascolta!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , "एकम्।", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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O Homme! Prends garde ! Que dit minuit profond ? J'ai dormi, D'un profond sommeil je me suis éveillé : Le monde est profond, et plus profond que ne pensait le jour. Profonde est sa douleur, La joie plus profonde que la peine. La douleur dit: Passe et finis ! Mais toute joie veut l'eternité, Veut la profonde éternité !
Authorship:
- by Henri Albert (1869 - 1921), appears in Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra, in 3. L'autre chant de la danse, no. 3, Paris, Édition du Mercure de France, first published 1903 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), no title, appears in Also sprach Zarathustra
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Albert Doyen (1882 - 1935), "Le chant de Zarathoustra ", published 1914 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poème lyrique, sur 6 poésies de : Verhaeren, Vildrac, Nietzche, Spire, Duhamel, Verlaine, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-08
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Word count: 60