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Auch dieses wird [vorübergehen]1, Sei's Gram, sei's Lust, Wer kam, der nicht [vorübergehen]1 Zuletzt gemußt? Drum tröste dich in allen [Wehen]2, Gib' dich zur Ruh' -- Wenn jene nicht [vorübergehen]1, So gehest du.
Confirmed with Duftkörner, aus persischen Dichtern gesammelt von Hammer-Purgstall, Stuttgart: Fr. Brodhag'sche Buchhandlung, 1836, page 115.
1 von Goethe: "vorüber geh'n"2 von Goethe: "Weh'n"
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph, Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall (1774 - 1856), "Alles geht vorüber ", appears in Duftkörner, aus persischen Dichtern gesammelt, in 5. Spikenarden. Das Buch des Raths und der Weisheit, Stuttgart: Fr. Brodhag'sche Buchhandlung, first published 1836 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Walther von Goethe (1818 - 1885), "Alles geht vorüber", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Everything shall pass", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-12-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 39
This, too, shall pass, Be it woe, be it joy, Who ever came, who in the end Was not forced to pass by? Therefore, comfort yourself in all pains, Be at peace -- If those [pains] do not pass, Then you shall do so.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph, Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall (1774 - 1856), "Alles geht vorüber ", appears in Duftkörner, aus persischen Dichtern gesammelt, in 5. Spikenarden. Das Buch des Raths und der Weisheit, Stuttgart: Fr. Brodhag'sche Buchhandlung, first published 1836
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2025-11-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 43
