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Diese Gondel vergleich ich der [Wiege,
sie schaukelt gefällig]1
Und das Kästchen darauf
scheint ein geräumiger Sarg.
Recht so! Zwischen der Wieg und dem Sarg
wir schwanken und schweben
Auf dem großen Kanal
sorglos durchs Leben dahin.
1 Schoeck: "sanft / einschaukelnden Wiege"
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Diese Gondel vergleich ich", op. 19b no. 7e (1906-15) [voice and piano], from Fünf venezianische Epigramme, no. 5, from Lieder aus dem Westöstlichen Diwan von Goethe, no. 7e [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "I compare this gondola", copyright ©
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Word count: 37
I compare this gondola
to a pleasantly rocking cradle;
And the little box upon it
looks like a spacious coffin.
Rightly so! Between the cradle and the coffin
we sway and float
On the great canal
without care through life.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 40