Gift | Nothing of the fleeting

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nichts vom Vergänglichen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Nichts vom Vergänglichen,
Wie's auch geschah!
Uns zu verewigen
Sind wir ja da.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Goethe’s Gedichte. Zweyter Theil., Stuttgart und Tübingen: in der J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1829, page 303.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 8. Zahme Xenien [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), "Xenion", WoO. 131 (1942) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Regal", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Puntdicht", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Gift", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Présent", copyright © 2014, (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: 4
Word count: 13

Gift

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Nothing of the fleeting,
However it came to be!
To immortalize ourselves
Is why we are here.

Text 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 8. Zahme Xenien
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This text was added to the website: 2014-09-18
Line count: 4
Word count: 17