by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius
Man weiss nicht was man ist Matches base text
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Jch weiss nicht was ich bin / Jch bin nicht was ich weiss: Ein ding und nit ein ding: ein stüpffchin und ein kreiss.
Composition:
- Set to music by Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Man weiss nicht was man ist", first performed 2012 [ four-part chorus a cappella ], from nicht Ichts -- nicht Nichts : Ten monodistichs by Angelus Silesius for four voices, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Palmer) , "One does not know what one is", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Peter Palmer
This text was added to the website: 2012-10-05
Line count: 2
Word count: 24