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... O Mensch! Gib Acht! ... Was spricht, die tiefe Mitternacht? ... „Ich schlief, ich schlief --, ... „Aus tiefem Traum bin ich erwacht: -- ... „Die Welt ist tief, ... „Und tiefer als der Tag gedacht. ... „Tief ist ihr Weh -, ... „Lust - tiefer noch als Herzeleid: ... „Weh spricht: Vergeh! ... „Doch alle Lust will Ewigkeit -, ... „-- will tiefe, tiefe Ewigkeit!“ ...
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 Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Zarathustras Mitternachtslied", lines 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22, from Symphony no. 3, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), no title, appears in Also sprach Zarathustra
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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.
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Word count: 67
... Què diu, la mitjanit profunda? ... m'he despertat d'un profund somni: ... i més profund encara que el dia havia imaginat. ... Voluptat, més profunda encara que la pena del cor: ... Però tota voluptat vol eternitat -, ...
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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.
Title for Mahler's symphony: "Cançó de mitjanit de Zoroastre"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2010 by Salvador Pila, (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.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), no title, appears in Also sprach Zarathustra
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-25
Line count: 23
Word count: 76