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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Nur Platz, nur Blösse!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nur Platz, nur Blösse!
wir brauchen Räume,
wir fallen Bäume,
die krachend schlagen,
und wenn wir tragen,
da gibt es Stösse.

Zu unserm Lobe
bringt dies ins Reine;
denn wirkten Grobe
nicht auch im Lande,
wie käme Feine
für sich zu Stande,
so sehr sie witzten?

Nur Platz, nur Blösse!
sonst gibt es Stösse.
Dess seid belehret,
denn ihr erfröret,
wenn wir nicht schwitzten.
Nur Platz, nur Blösse!
sonst gibt es Stösse.
Nur Platz, nur Blösse!

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie zweiter Teil (Part II) [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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Nur Platz, nur Blösse!", 1836 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 76

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