Tasca de geni | Així faig rodolar sense parar

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Genialisch treiben

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE ITA

So wälz ich ohne Unterlaß,
Wie Sankt Diogenes, mein Faß.
Bald ist es Ernst, bald ist es Spaß;
Bald ist es Lieb, bald ist es Haß;
Bald ist es dies, bald ist es das;
Es ist ein Nichts, und ist ein Was.
So wälz ich ohne Unterlaß,
Wie Sankt Diogenes, mein Faß.

Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Genialisch treiben", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 5. Epigrammatisch [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Genialisch treiben" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Genialisch treiben", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 21, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Tasca de geni", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Task of genius", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Occupation de génie", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Geniale darsi da fare", copyright © 2012, (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.
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Word count: 52

Tasca de geni

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Així faig rodolar sense parar
com sant Diògenes, el meu tonell.
Adés seriosament, adés per divertir-me,
adés amb amor, adés amb odi,
adés és això, adés és allò,
no és res i és alguna cosa.
Així faig rodolar sense parar
com sant Diògenes, el meu tonell.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2021 by Salvador Pila, (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), "Genialisch treiben", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 5. Epigrammatisch

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 46