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by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

Der Einsamste
 (Sung text for setting by K. Weigl)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Nun, da der Tag
des Tages müde ward, und aller Sehnsucht Bäche
von neuem Trost plätschern,
auch alle Himmel, aufgehängt in Gold-Spinnetzen,
zu jedem Müden sprechen: "Ruhe nun!" -
Was ruhst du nicht, du dunkles Herz,
was stachelt dich zu fußwunder Flucht...
Wes harrest du?

Composition:

    Set to music by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Der Einsamste", op. 1 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 2 (1903-4), published 1912 [ baritone and piano ], also set in English

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), "Der Einsamste", written 1884

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le solitaire", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

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