Serenor del caminant | Sobre el que és infame

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Wanderers Gemütsruhe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Übers Niederträchtige
Niemand sich beklage;
Denn es ist das Mächtige,
Was man dir auch sage.

In dem Schlechten waltet es
Sich zu Hochgewinne,
Und mit Rechtem schaltet es
Ganz nach seinem Sinne.

Wandrer! - Gegen solche Not
Wolltest du dich sträuben?
Wirbelwind und trocknen Kot,
Laß sie drehn und stäuben.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wanderers Gemütsruhe", written 1814, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 5. Buch des Unmuts -- Rendsch Nameh [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 Lukas Foss (b. 1922), "Wanderers Gemütsruhe", 1938 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Wanderers Gemütsruhe", op. 67 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 2 no. 3 (1918) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Serenor del caminant", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "A traveler's serenity", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sérénité du voyageur", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 49

Serenor del caminant

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

Sobre el que és infame
que ningú es planyi;
car és el poderós
que sens dubte t’ho dirà.

En el malvat hi regna
amb un gran avantatge,
i amb el just, maniobra
enterament al seu gust.

Caminant! Enfront de semblants misèries
et vols esborronar?
El vent arrombollat i el fang sec
deixa’ls que giravoltin i aixequin la pols.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2020 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wanderers Gemütsruhe", written 1814, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 5. Buch des Unmuts -- Rendsch Nameh
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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 58