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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

In Lebensfluthen, im Thatensturm
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ITA
Geist
 In Lebensfluthen, im Thatensturm
 Wall' ich auf und ab,
 Webe hin und her!
 Geburt und Grab,
 Ein [ewiges]1 Meer,
 Ein wechselnd Weben,
 Ein glühend Leben,
 So schaff' ich am sausenden Webstuhl der Zeit,
 Und wirke der Gottheit lebendiges Kleid.

[Faust
 Der du die weite Welt unschweifst,
 Geschäftiger Geist, wie nah fühl' ich mich dir!]2

[Geist
 Du gleichst dem Geist, den du begreifst,
 Nicht mir!]3

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Radziwill •   J. Röntgen 

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1 Radziwill: "ew'ges"
2 omitted by Radziwill, Röngtgen
3 omitted by Röntgen

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [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 Antoni Henryk Radziwill, Fürst (1775 - 1833), "Melodrama", published 1835, from Compositionen zu Göthe's Faust, no. 1, Berlin: Zum ausschliesslichen Debit in Commission bei T. Trautwein, Buch-und Musikhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Lied des Erdgeistes", 1931 [ solo voices, chorus, orchestra, and organ ], from Aus Goethes Faust, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 64

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