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In deine Reimart hoff ich mich zu finden, Das Wiederholen soll mir auch gefallen, Erst werd ich Sinn, sodann auch Worte finden; Zum zweitenmal soll mir kein Klang erschallen, Er müßte denn besondern Sinn begründen, Wie du's vermagst, Begünstigter vor allen! Denn wie ein Funke fähig, zu entzünden Die Kaiserstadt, wenn Flammen grimmig wallen, Sich winderzeugend glühn von eignen Winden, Er, schon erloschen, schwand zu Sternenhallen: So schlang's von dir sich fort mit ew'gen Gluten, Ein deutsches Herz von frischem zu ermuten. Zugemeßne Rhythmen reizen freilich, Das Talent erfreut sich wohl darin, Doch wie schnelle widern sie abscheulich, Hohle Masken ohne Blut und Sinn. Selbst der Geist erscheint sich nicht erfreulich, Wenn er nicht, auf neue Form bedacht, Jener toten Form ein Ende macht.
R. Strauss sets stanza 3
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Nachbildung", written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 2. Buch Hafis -- Hafis 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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Zugemessne Rhythmen", WoO. 122 (1935), stanza 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Apportioned rhythms", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (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: 19
Word count: 124
En la teva manera de rimar espero avenir-me, la repetició m’hauria també d’agradar, primer trobaré el sentit i després també les paraules; cap to em ressonarà una segona vegada, a menys que estableixi un sentit especial, tal com tu ets capaç de fer, tu privilegiat entre tots! Car com una espurna pot encendre la ciutat imperial, quan les furioses flames onegen, abrusant-se del propi vent que generen, ell, ja extingit, desaparegué vers les estances dels estels: així, amb brases eternes, es va esmunyir lluny de tu, per encoratjar de nou un cor alemany. Els ritmes mesurats encisen certament, el talent ben bé s’hi delecta, però prest repugnen abominables, vàcues màscares privades de sang i de sentit. Fins i tot l’esperit no sembla pas estar content, si, pensant en noves formes, no pot posar fi a aquella forma morta.
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"Nachbildung" = "Emulació"
"Zugemessne Rhythmen" = "Ritmes mesurats"
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- 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), "Nachbildung", written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 2. Buch Hafis -- Hafis Nameh
This text was added to the website: 2020-03-15
Line count: 19
Word count: 138