Verrücktheit, höchster Götter Sinn

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

Much madness is divinest sense

(Sung text for setting by J. Langert)

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Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER GER

Much madness is divinest sense
To the discerning eye;
Much sense the starkest madness.
'Tis the majority
In this, as all, prevails.
Assent, and you are sane,
Demur, - you're straightaway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.

Composition:

Jules Langert

Three Emily Dickinson Songs

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Verrücktheit, höchster Götter Sinn

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Langert)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Verrücktheit, höchster Götter Sinn -
Für's Auge, das da späht -
Viel Sinn - die ärgste Tollheit -
S'ist die Majorität
die hier, wie Allem, herrscht:
Stimm' zu - dann liegst Du richtig -
Sträub' dich - dann bist' Gefahr
Und damit kettenpflichtig -

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems of Emily Dickinson, first published 1890
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