To resist with might and main that splendor | To resist with might and main that splendor

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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Peter Palmer

Des Herrlichen, womit die volle Welt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Des Herrlichen, womit die volle Welt
Uns überdrängt, sich mächtig zu erwehren,
Und Lust und Leid, worin er sich gefällt,
In tausend Herzen bleibend zu verklären,
Erglüht der Sänger schwärmend im Gedicht
Meist ohne Dank, zum mindsten fühlt ers nicht.

Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, page 375.

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Des Herrlichen, womit die volle Welt" [author's text checked 2 times 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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Des Herrlichen, womit die volle Welt", 2003/4, first performed 2004 [ tenor and piano ], from Mörike-Lieder für Tenor und Klavier, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Peter Palmer) , "To resist with might and main that splendor", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Palmer

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-08
Line count: 6
Word count: 40

To resist with might and main that splendor

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

To resist with might and main that splendor
With which the wide world overwhelms us,
And to transfigure lastingly, as the fancy takes him,
Joy and sorrow in a thousand hearts,
The singer glows with enthusiasm in his poems,
Largely without thanks -- at least he doesn't feel it.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Des Herrlichen, womit die volle Welt"
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-08
Line count: 6
Word count: 48