Parabase

Freudig war vor vielen Jahren,
Eifrig so der Geist bestrebt,
Zu erforschen, zu erfahren,
Wie Natur im Schaffen lebt.
Und es ist das ewig Eine,
Das sich vielfach offenbart.
Klein das Große, groß das Kleine,
Alles nach der eignen Art.
Immer wechselnd, fest sich haltend,
Nah und fern und fern und nah;
So gestaltend, umgestaltend -
Zum Erstaunen bin ich da.

Translation(s): HUN

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Authorship

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Parabase" [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (b. 1952), "Parabase", 2004-7, first performed 2007 [baritone and piano], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 7. [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Parabase", op. 19a no. 8 (1914) [voice and piano], from Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe, no. 8. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , title 1: "Parabázis", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Parabázis

Jó időben és kedéllyel
harcra késztetett eszem,
hogy kilessem és megértsem,
bölcs Natúra mint teremt.
És az ős örökvaló Egy
rendre megnyilatkozott:
Mind egyéni lábakon megy;
nagy parány, piciny nagyok;
s változó de változatlan
körbe-körben és amott
létrehozva s új alakban –
megcsodálni én vagyok.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Parabase"
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Wolfgang Michael Rihm, Othmar Schoeck. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2015-01-19.
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