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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.
Authorship
- 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]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by (Carl or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "Spruch", op. 17 (12 dreistimmige Chorlieder für Sopran-, Mezzosopran- und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 10, published 1871 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- 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 checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Proverbi", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- 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
This text was added to the website: 2007-02-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 19
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
This text was added to the website: 2013-11-05
Line count: 4
Word count: 21