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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

Vergebenes Bemühen
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Japanese (日本語) 
Daß wir uns lieben, hab ich abgestritten,
Mit heftigen Worten hab ich es geleugnet,
Ich habe mich so angestrengt mit Leugnen,
Wie man sich anstrengt, wenn man einen Lastkahn
Am Kap des leuchtenden Naniwa-Hafens
Mit einem Seile mühevoll dahinzieht, –
Und dennoch bin ich, nichts hat mir genützt,
In das Gerede aller Welt gekommen!

Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Vergebenes Bemühen", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Japanese (日本語) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist  [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Vergebenes Bemühen" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 54

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