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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Was machst du an der Welt? Sie ist schon...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Was machst du an der Welt? Sie ist schon gemacht,]1
Der Herr der Schöpfung hat alles bedacht.
Dein Los ist gefallen, verfolge die Weise,
Der Weg ist begonnen, vollende die Reise:
Denn Sorgen und Kummer verändern es nicht,
Sie schleudern dich ewig aus gleichem Gewicht.

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1 omitted by Staempfli (?)

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 6. Buch der Sprüche -- Hikmet 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 Edward Staempfli (1908 - 2002), "Der Herr der Schöpfung hat alles bedacht" [SATB chorus and woodwind quintet], from Fünf Chöre nach Gedichten von Goethe, no. 1. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-04
Line count: 6
Word count: 46

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