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Jugend, du große, [lüsterne]1, liebende! -- Jugend voll Anmut -- Jugend voll Kraft und Zauber! Weißt du, daß das Alter nach dir kommt? Daß es kommen kann mit [gleicher Anmut]2, gleicher Kraft und gleichem Zauber? Du vollerblühter glänzender Tag! -- Tag der Sonne, Tag des Lachens, Tag [des Ehrgeizes]3, Tag der Taten! Die Nacht kommt schnell mit Millionen [Sonnen]4, mit Schlaf und [mit]2 süßem Dunkel!
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View text without footnotesCopied from Die Lyrik des Auslandes in neuerer Zeit, ed. Hans Bethge, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1907, pages 16-17.
1 Marx: "sehnende"
2 omitted by Marx
3 Marx: "der Liebe"
4 Marx: "Sternen"
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Federn (1868 - 1943), "Jugend, Tag, Alter und Nacht" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Leaves of Grass, in Great are the Myths, no. 1, stanzas 3 and 4
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Jugend und Alter", 1909, published 1912 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.21 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Youth, Day, Old Age and Night", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Jeunesse et vieillesse", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Barbara Miller , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 71
Youth, you great one, [lusty]1 one, loving one! -- Youth full of grace -- youth full of strength and enchantment! Do you know that age comes after you? That it can come with the [same grace]2, the same strength and the same enchantment? You full-blown glowing day! -- Day of sunshine, day of laughter, day of [ambition]3, day of deeds! The night comes quickly with millions of [suns]4, with sleep and [with]2 sweet darkness!
Title for Marx's setting: "Youth and Old Age"
1 Marx: "longing"
2 omitted by Marx
3 Marx: "love"
4 Marx: "stars"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Federn (1868 - 1943), "Jugend, Tag, Alter und Nacht"
Based on:
- a text in English by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Leaves of Grass, in Great are the Myths, no. 1, stanzas 3 and 4
This text was added to the website: 2012-08-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 79