Zest for life | In the infinite the same events

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Wenn im Unendlichen dasselbe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wenn im Unendlichen dasselbe
Sich wiederholend ewig fließt,
Das tausendfältige Gewölbe
Sich kräftig in einander schließt;
Strömt Lebenslust aus allen Dingen,
Dem kleinsten wie dem größten Stern,
Und alles Drängen, alles Ringen
Ist ewige Ruh' in Gott dem Herrn.

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Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, first published 1827? [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Lebenslust", 1989 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ], from Goethe-lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Praeludium", op. 46 (Sieben Gedichte = Семь стихотворений (Sem' stikhotvorenij)) no. 1 (1925-6) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Zest for life", copyright © 1989, (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: 8
Word count: 39

Zest for life

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In the infinite the same events 
repeat themselves in eternal flux, 
the thousand-fold vault of heaven 
powerfully mingles with itself,
And joy of life streams from all things, 
out of the smallest and largest stars, 
and all urgency, all conflict 
is eternal rest in God the Lord.

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Zest for life", copyright © 1989, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, first published 1827?
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 47