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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé
Alles kündet dich an!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Alles kündet dich an! Erscheinet die herrliche Sonne, Folgst du, so hoff ich es, bald. Trittst du im Garten hervor, So bist du die Rose der Rosen, Lilie der Lilien zugleich. Wenn du zum Tanze dich regst, So regen sich alle Gestirne Mit dir und um dich umher. Nacht! und so wär es denn Nacht! Nun [überscheinst]1 du des Mondes lieblichen, ladenden Glanz. Ladend und lieblich bist Du, Und Blumen, Mond und Gestirne huldigen, Sonne, nur Dir. Sonne! so sei du auch mir Die Schöpferin herrlicher Tage; Leben und Ewigkeit ist's.
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Gegenwart", written 1813 [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 Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Gegenwart", op. 12 (Vierzehn Lieder) no. 8 (1997-8) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Gegenwart", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1859 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Gees (b. 1953), "Gegenwart", op. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Conrad Gompertz , "Gegenwart", published 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Bonn, Cohen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Gegenwart", op. 94 (Vier Lieder zu Gedichten von Goethe) no. 4, published 1932 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Gegenwart", 1833 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Gegenwart", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1841 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rodrigo Ruiz , "Gegenwart", R 7 no. 3 (2017) [ soprano and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder: a song set after the master poet, no. 3, Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Gegenwart", op. 27 no. 6, published 1891 [ four-part women's chorus and piano ], from Zwölf Gesänge für vierstimmigen Frauenchor mit (willkürlicher) Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Gegenwart", 1917, fragment [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wendelin Weißheimer (1838 - 1910), "Holde Gegenwart" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Heinrich von Weyrauch (1788 - 1865), "Gegenwart" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Gegenwart", 1944 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Presence", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Présence", copyright © 2009, (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: 18
Word count: 92
Présence
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Tout annonce ta présence ! Le magnifique soleil apparaît, Bientôt, je l'espère, tu le suivras. Quand tu entreras dans le jardin, Tu seras la rose des roses, Comme le lis des lis. Quand tu te mettras à danser, Alors entreront en scène tous les astres Avec toi et autour de toi. Nuit ! ainsi que la nuit soit donc ! Maintenant tu éclipses de la lune Le suave et attirant éclat. Tu es suave et attirant, Et les fleurs, la lune et les astres Te rendent hommage, à toi, soleil. Soleil ! sois aussi pour moi Le créateur de jours magnifiques ; C'est la vie et l'éternité.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Pierre Mathé, (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), "Gegenwart", written 1813
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-17
Line count: 18
Word count: 102