by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Beherzigung Matches base text
Language: German (Deutsch)
Feiger Gedanken bängliches Schwanken, weibisches Zagen, ängstliches Klagen wendet kein Elend, macht dich nicht frei. Allen Gewalten zum Trutz sich erhalten, nimmer sich beugen, kräftig sich zeigen, rufet die Arme der Götter herbei!
Composition:
- Set to music by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Beherzigung", published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Scheffel, Mörike, Goethe and Kerner, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Beherzigung"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Cowardly thoughts, timid shaking", copyright ©
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "No misery", copyright © 1990, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Résolution", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Da tenere a mente", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 33