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by Robert Walser (1878 - 1956)

Zu philosophisch
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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.

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Walser (1878 - 1956) [author's text not yet checked 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 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 checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Overly philosophic", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
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Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2007-08-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 51

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