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by Saigyō Hōshi (1118 - 1190)
Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

Gedanken
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Japanese (日本語) 
So wie der Rauch des Fuji-Yama blass
Und ziellos in die windigen Lüfte steigt,
Um dann zu sterben an dem weiten Himmel:
So steigen die Gedanken, die ich hege,
Ziellos und zwecklos und auf flüchtigen Pfaden
Ins Blau hinein und schwinden spurlos hin.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Japanese (日本語) by Saigyō Hōshi (1118 - 1190) [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 Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Gedanken", op. 75 no. 4, published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Japanische Miniaturen für eine Singstimme und Klavier, no. 4, Berlin : Birnbach [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Bethge-Triptychon: a) Vom Mond; b) Gedanken; c) Bitte an den Hund", op. 95 no. 5 (2017) [ mezzo-soprano, oboe, violoncello, double bass ], from Jahrgänger-Mosaik, no. 5
    • View the full text. [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2021-05-18
Line count: 6
Word count: 43

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