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O blicke, wenn den Sinn dir will die Welt verwirren, Zum ew'gen Himmel auf, wo nie die Sterne irren.
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Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert's Gesammelte Poetische Werke, neue Ausgabe, Siebenter Band: Pantheon, fünftes Bruchstück, Frankfurt am Main: J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1882, page 369.
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- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Pantheon, in 5. Fünftes Bruchstück. Zahme Xenien, in Angereihte Perlen, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Spruch", op. 114 (Drei Lieder für drei Frauenstimmen und Klavier) no. 3 (1849), published 1853 [vocal trio for 3 female voices with piano], Bonn, Simrock [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Spreuk", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Maxim", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Épigramme", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
Text added to the website: 2007-02-23 00:00:00
Last modified: 2016-12-06 15:45:20
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Oh, regarde, quand, ton esprit, Le monde essaie de le tromper, Vers les cieux éternels, Où les étoiles ne s'égarent jamais.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Pantheon, in 5. Fünftes Bruchstück. Zahme Xenien, in Angereihte Perlen, no. 1
Text added to the website: 2013-11-05 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:22
Line count: 4
Word count: 21