Erwin Inneres Wühlen Ewig zu fühlen, Immer verlangen, Nimmer erlangen, Fliehen und Streben, Sterben und Leben, -- Höllische Qual Endig' einmal!
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke nach den vorzüglichsten Quellen revidirte Ausgabe, Dritter Theil, Gedichte, herausgegeben und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von Dr. Fr. Strehlke, Berlin, Gustav Hempel, 1868, page 71.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), appears in Erwin und Elmire [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 Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Aus Erwin und Elmire", op. 6 no. 6, from Neun Lieder von W. Goethe, no. 6, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Aus Erwin und Elmire", op. 25 no. 10, published 1919 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "De Erwin et Elmire", copyright © 2015, (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.
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Word count: 19
Ėrvin Čuvstvovat' večno V serdce smjaten'e, Večnuju žaždu Bez umolen'ja, Radosti žizni, Vejan'e smerti, Skoro l' konec Večnoj bor'be!
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), appears in Erwin und Elmire
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Из Эрвина и Эльмиры I", op. 6 no. 6, from Neun Lieder von W. Goethe, no. 6, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
Line count: 9
Word count: 18