Mein Herz ist wie ein See so weit,
Drin lacht dein [Antlitz]1 sonnenlicht
In tiefer süßer Einsamkeit,
Wo leise Well' an Well' sich bricht.

Ist's Nacht, ist's Tag? Ich weiß es nicht,
Lacht doch auf mich so lieb und lind
Dein [sonnenlichtes]2 [Angesicht]3
Und selig bin ich wie ein Kind.

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Confirmed with Gedichte und Sprüche von Friedrich Nietzsche,Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von C.G. Naumann, 1901, page 23.

¹ Orff: "Auge"
² Thomas: "sonnenhelles"
³ Orff: "Augenlicht"

Authorship:

• by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), appears in Lieder, no. 1 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Orff (1895 - 1982), "Mein Herz ist wie ein See so weit", 1919 [high voice and piano], from Zwei Lieder für hohe Stimme, no. 2. [
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• by Kurt Thomas (1904 - 1973), "Mein Herz ist wie ein See so weit", op. 9 no. 1. [
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• by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Heiter", 1901-4, from Acht frühe Lieder, no. 6. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , title 1: "Munter", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Bonheur", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "El meu cor és tan gran com un llac", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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