Zu philosophisch

Wie geisterhaft im Sinken
Und Steigen ist mein Leben.
Stets seh' ich mich mir winken,
dem Winkendem entschweben.
 
Ich seh' mich als Gelächter,
als tiefe Trauer wieder,
als wilden Redeflechter;
doch alles dies sinkt nieder.
 
Und ist zu allen Zeiten
wohl niemals recht gewesen.
Ich bin vergeßne Weiten
Zu wandern auserlesen.

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Authorship

• by Robert Walser (1878 - 1956) [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• by Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Zu philosophisch", 1990/1 [counter-tenor, clarinet, accordion, and contrabass], from Beiseit: Zwölf Lieder nach Gedichten von Robert Walser, no. 6. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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• Also set in English, a translation by Bertram Kottmann , title 1: "Overly philosophic", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission by Gary Bachlund.
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