by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

O Mensch! Gib acht!
 (Sung text for setting by L. Foss)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT FRE GRE ITA SAN
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O Mensch! Gib Acht!
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Was spricht, die tiefe Mitternacht?
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„Ich schlief, ich schlief --,
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„Aus tiefem Traum bin ich erwacht: --
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„Die Welt ist tief,
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„Und tiefer als der Tag gedacht.
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„Tief ist ihr Weh -,
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„Lust - tiefer noch als Herzeleid:
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„Weh spricht: Vergeh! 
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„Doch alle Lust will Ewigkeit -,
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„-- will tiefe, tiefe Ewigkeit!“
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Note: the text above is taken from lines 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by Lukas Foss (b. 1922), "O Mensch! Gib acht!", 1959-60, published 1961, copyright © 1964, lines 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Time Cycle, no. 4, New York, Carl Fischer

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Thomas Common) , no title
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "O uomo! Attento ascolta!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , "एकम्।", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 67

Language: Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)  after the German (Deutsch) 
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हे पुरुष। जागृहि।
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गम्भीरोऽर्धरात्रः किं वक्ति।
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अस्वपमस्वपम्।
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गम्भीरात्स्वप्नात्प्रबुद्धोऽस्मि।
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लोको गम्भीरः।
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गरीयांश्चाह्नो बुद्धेः।
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तस्य दुःखङ्गम्भीरम्।
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रणो हृदयवेदनाया गरीयानेव।
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नश्येति दुःखं वक्ति।
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अथ सर्वो रणः त्विच्छत्यानन्त्यम्।
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इच्छति गहनङ्गम्भीरमानन्त्यम्।
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Note: the text above is taken from lines 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22 of the original text.

Transliteration provided by the translator: 

  ekam |
he puruṣa | jāgr̥hi |
  dve |
gambhīro 'rdharātraḥ kiṁ vakti |
  trīṇi |
asvapam asvapam |
  catvāri |
gambhīrāt svapnāt prabuddho 'smi |
  pañca |
loko gambhīraḥ |
  ṣaṭ |
garīyāṁścāhno buddheḥ |
  sapta |
tasya duḥkhaṁ gambhīram |
  aṣṭa |
raṇo hr̥dayavedanāyā garīyān eva |
  nava |
naśyeti duḥkhaṁ vakti |
  daśa |
atha sarvo raṇaḥ tv icchaty ānantyam |
  ekādaśa |
icchati gahanaṁ gambhīram ānantyam |
  dvādaśa ||

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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-09
Line count: 23
Word count: 39