Niente | E dovrei nominare, dite voi

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by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Nichts

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA JPN

Nennen soll ich, sagt ihr, meine
Königin im Liederreich?
Toren, die ihr seid, ich kenne
Sie am wenigsten von euch.

Fragt mich nach der Augen Farbe,
Fragt mich nach der Stimme Ton,
Fragt nach Gang und Tanz und Haltung,
Ach, und was weiß ich davon!

Ist die Sonne nicht die Quelle
Alles Lebens, alles Lichts?
Und was wissen von derselben
Ich, und ihr, und alle? -- Nichts.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), "Nichts", appears in Die letzten Blätter [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Nichts", op. 10 (Acht Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter" von Hermann von Gilm) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Res", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Dicht", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Nothing", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Nought", first published 1897
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Rien", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Niente", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "なにも", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

Niente

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

E dovrei nominare, dite voi,
la mia regina nel regno dei canti:
pazzi, che siete!
Ne so meno di voi!

Domandatemi del colore degli occhi,
domandatemi del tono della voce,
domandatemi del passo, della danza, la presenza
- e che ne so?

Non è il sole la fonte
di ogni vita, di ogni luce?
E che ne sappiamo
io, e voi, e tutti? Niente!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), "Nichts", appears in Die letzten Blätter
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This text was added to the website: 2005-10-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 63