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Ich möchte lassen diese glanzumspielte Welt, [In der manch dunkler Fleck ins Aug' mir fällt]1, Und möchte [fortziehn]2 von den Menschen weit In eine [wilde Einsamkeit!]3 Dort würde ich dem Laubgeflüster lauschen Und horchen auf [des]4 Bächleins Rauschen Und auf der Vögel Sang, [Und würde nach der Wolken Wandrung sehen Und nach der Sonne Auf- und Untergang, --]5 Und endlich selber mit ihr untergehen.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Dichtungen von Alexander Petöfi. Aus dem Ungarischen, in eigenen und fremden Übersetzungen herausgegeben von Karl Maria Kertbeny, Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1858, page 180.
1 Nietzsche: "In der mich Lust und Wehe rings umsponnen hält"2 Nietzsche: "fortziehn, fort"
3 Nietzsche: "wilde, schöne Waldeinsamkeit."
4 Nietzsche: "des hellen"
5 Nietzsche: "Sehen der Sonne Untergang --" (two lines replaced by one)
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Maria Kertbeny (1824 - 1882), no title, appears in Dichtungen von Alexander Petőfi, in Sternenlose Nächte, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), no title, written 1846
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), "Nachspiel", NWV 21 (1864) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John H. Campbell) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael Berridge) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Épilogue", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-14
Line count: 10
Word count: 70
I would like to leave this bright crowded world, that surrounds and hinders my joy and woe in her, and would like to go away, far away from all others into a wild, beautiful forest-solitude. There, I would listen to the whispering of the leaves and listen to the bright small brook flowing and to the bird-song, watching as the sun sets and finally sink down with her alone.
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Note: this is a translation of Nietzsche's song.
Translation of title "Nachspiel" = "Aftermath"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Maria Kertbeny (1824 - 1882), no title, appears in Dichtungen von Alexander Petőfi, in Sternenlose Nächte, no. 2
Based on:
- a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), no title, written 1846
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-14
Line count: 9
Word count: 69