El clar món | Com als ulls enterbolits per mosquits voladors

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Die klare Welt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT

Wie im Auge mit fliegenden Mücken,
So ist's mit Sorgen ganz genau;
Wenn wir in die schöne Welt hinein blicken,
Da schwebt ein Spinneweben-Grau;
Es überzieht nicht, es zieht nur vorüber,
Das Bild ist gestört, wenn nur nicht trüber;
Die klare Welt bleibt klare Welt:
Im Auge nur ist's schlecht bestellt.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Die klare Welt", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 8. Zahme Xenien [author's text not yet checked 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Die klare Welt ", 2010 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Vier kleine Lieder , no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El clar món", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The clear world", written 2010, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

El clar món

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Com als ulls enterbolits per mosquits voladors,
així s’escau exactament amb les penes;
quan mirem la bellesa del món,
allà hi penja la grisor d’una teranyina;
no els cobreix, només passa pel davant,
la imatge resta borrosa, entelada si més no;
però el clar món segueix sent el clar món:
només els ulls l’han copsat malament.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Die klare Welt", 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: 2015-03-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 56