Now, you muses, enough! In vain you strive to describe how

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Robert Schall

Nun, ihr Musen, genug! Vergebens strebt...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: AFR CAT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE ITA SPA

Nun, ihr Musen, genug! Vergebens strebt ihr zu schildern,
Wie sich Jammer und Glück wechseln in liebender Brust.
Heilen könnet die Wunden ihr nicht, die Amor geschlagen;
Aber Linderung kommt einzig, ihr Guten, von euch.

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Alexis und Dora, excerpt: last four lines [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Zum Schluß", op. 65 no. 15 (1875), published 1875 [ vocal quartet and piano four-hands or instrumental ensemble ], from Neue Liebeslieder, no. 15, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Aus Alexis und Dora", published 1809 [sung text not yet checked]

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AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alvaro De la Cruz) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Now, you muses, enough! In vain you...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Now, you muses, enough! In vain you strive to describe how
joy and sorrow might mix inside a heart filled with love.
Heal you cannot the wounds that unerring Amor inflicted,
but any balm will come from you, o Good Ones, alone.

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