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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
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 66
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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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), "Nichts", appears in Die letzten Blätter
This text was added to the website: 2005-10-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 63