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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Zum Sehen geboren
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Zum Sehen geboren,
Zum Schauen bestellt,
Dem Turme geschworen
Gefällt mir die Welt.
Ich blick' in die Ferne,
Ich seh' in der Näh'
Den Mond und die Sterne,
Den Wald und das Reh.

So seh' ich in allen
Die ewige Zier,
Und wie mir's gefallen,
Gefall' ich auch mir.
Ihr glücklichen Augen,
Was je ihr gesehn,
Es sei, was es wolle,
Es war doch so schön!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie zweiter Teil (Part II), Act V [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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