Through all the sounds and tones

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Durch allen Schall und Klang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE

Durch allen Schall und Klang
Der [Transoxanen]¹
Erkühnt sich unser Sang
Auf deine Bahnen!
Und ist für gar nichts bang,
In dir lebendig;
Dein Leben daure lang,
Dein Reich beständig.

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Note on score: "Romain Rolland, dem großen Dichter und hochverehrten Freunde, dem heroischen Kämpfer gegen alle ruchlosen an Europas Untergang arbeitenden Mächte, mit dem Ausdruck treuester Sympathie und aufrichtigster Bewunderung." - Richard Strauss (1926).
¹ People living beyond the river Oxus, in Turkestan: the place where the noisy music of the janissaries comes from.
Note: In order to praise Prince Carl August von Sachsen-Weimar, the poem sets a parallel between him and Sedschan, who was the patron of the poet Hafis.

Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "An Schach Sedschan und Seinesgleichen", appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 4. Buch der Betrachtungen -- Tefkir Nameh [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Durch allen Schall und Klang", WoO. 111 (1925) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au shah Chouja", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 30

Through all the sounds and tones

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Through all the sounds and tones
Of the Transoxanites
Our singing audaciously ventures
Upon your ways!
And fears nothing,
Living within you;
May your life be long,
May your kingdom endure.

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Translated titles:
"An Schach Sedschan und Seinesgleichen" = "To Shah Sedshan and others of his kind"
"Durch allen Schall und Klang" = "Through all sounds and tones"

Authorship:

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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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "An Schach Sedschan und Seinesgleichen", appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 4. Buch der Betrachtungen -- Tefkir Nameh

This text was added to the website: 2014-05-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 31