Pariah's prayer of thanks | Great Brahma! Now I realize

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Knut W. Barde

Dank des Paria

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

Großer Brahma! Nun erkenn ich,
Daß du Schöpfer bist der Welten!
Dich als meinen Herrscher nenn ich;
Denn du läßest alle gelten.

Und verschließest auch dem Letzten
Keines von den tausend Ohren;
Uns, die tief herabgesetzten, 
Alle hast du neu geboren.

Wendet euch zu dieser Frauen,
Die der Schmerz zur Göttin wandelt!
Nun beharr ich anzuschauen
Den, der einzig wirkt und handelt.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Dank des Paria", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 1. Lyrisches, in Paria, no. 3 [author's text not yet checked 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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Dank des Paria", op. 58 no. 3 (1836), from Paria, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Dank des Paria", 1888-9, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 30, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Agraïment del pària", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "Pariah's prayer of thanks", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Action de grâce du paria", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ringraziamento del Paria", copyright © 2013, (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: 62

Pariah's prayer of thanks

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Great Brahma!  Now I realize
That you are the creator of worlds!
I name you as my Lord;
Because you value everyone.

Even towards the least
You do not close your thousand ears;
We, who are placed at the very bottom,
all you have born anew.

Go ahead and turn towards this woman,
A goddess formed by pain!
Now I insist to look upon you
Who alone creates and acts.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Dank des Paria", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 1. Lyrisches, in Paria, no. 3
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This text was added to the website: 2006-03-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 70