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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Im neuen Jahr
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Im neuen Jahre Glück und Heil!
Auf Weh und Wunden gute Salbe!
Auf groben Klotz ein grober Keil!
Auf einen Schelmen anderthalbe!

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Im neuen Jahr" [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), "Im neuen Jahr", 2009 [soprano and piano], from Sieben Goethe-liederchen, no. 6 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "In the New Year", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 4
Word count: 22

In the New Year
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
In the new year, fortune and health!
For grief and pain a decent cure!
From coarse oafs some effective distance!
And one and a half times that from a rogue!

Text Authorship:

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "In the New Year", copyright © 2009, (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), "Im neuen Jahr"
    • Go to the text page.

 
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 4
Word count: 30

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