Apportioned rhythms | With your pattern of rhyming I hope to reconcile myself

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Zugemessne Rhythmen

(Sung text for setting by R. Strauss)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

 ... 

Zugemeßne Rhythmen reizen freilich,
Das Talent erfreut sich wohl darin,
Doch wie schnelle widern sie abscheulich,
Hohle Masken ohne Blut und Sinn.
Selbst der Geist erscheint sich nicht erfreulich,
Wenn er nicht, auf neue Form bedacht,
Jener toten Form ein Ende macht.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 3 of the original text.

Composition:

Richard Georg Strauss

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Nachbildung", written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 2. Buch Hafis -- Hafis Nameh

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Apportioned rhythms", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , 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.
Line count: 19
Word count: 124

Apportioned rhythms

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Strauss)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 ... 

Apportioned rhythms admittedly attract one,
One’s talent can truly take pleasure in them,
But how quickly they can disgust abominably,
Hollow masks without substance and sense.
Even one’s spirit is not content with itself
If, intent on new forms, it does not
Make an end of every dead form.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 3 of the original text.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Nachbildung", written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 2. Buch Hafis -- Hafis Nameh
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This text was added to the website: 2014-09-17
Line count: 19
Word count: 158