For the celebration of the lodge | The all too fleeting -- let it pass away

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Laßt fahren hin das Allzuflüchtige

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Laßt fahren hin das Allzuflüchtige;
Ihr sucht bei ihm vergebens Rath;
In dem Vergangnen lebt das Tüchtige,
Verewigt sich in schöner That.

Und so gewinnt sich das Lebendige 
Durch Folg' aus Folge neue Kraft,
Denn die Gesinnung, die beständige,
Sie macht den Menschen dauerhaft.

So lös't sich jene große Frage
Nach unserm zweyten Vaterland;
Denn das Beständige der ird'schen Tage
Verbürgt uns ewigen Bestand.

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Dritter Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1828, page 76.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Zwischengesang", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 2. Loge, in Zur Logenfeyer des dritten Septembers 1825, no. 2 [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 Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837), "Zur Logenfeier", subtitle: "Zwischengesang", 1825 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "For the celebration of the lodge", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 64

For the celebration of the lodge

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The all too fleeting -- let it pass away;
you seek advice from it in vain!
It is fraternal word and deed that weigh,
eternally they will remain.
 
And thus, in a continual striding
our principles are each renewed;
for our convictions, e'er-abiding,
make us firm men of good repute.
 
That final answer is thus given
about our second fatherland;
for standing steadfast in our earthly living
accords us an eternal stand.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Zwischengesang", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 2. Loge, in Zur Logenfeyer des dritten Septembers 1825, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 71