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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

O daß der Sinnen doch so viele sind!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
O daß der Sinnen doch so viele sind!
Verwirrung bringen sie ins Glück herein.
Wenn ich dich sehe, wünsch ich taub zu sein,
Wenn ich dich höre, blind.

[Auch in der Ferne dir so nah!
Und unerwartet kommt die Qual.
Da hör ich wieder dich einmal;
Auf einmal bist du wieder da!]

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 8. Buch Suleika -- Suleika Nameh [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "O daß der Sinnen doch so viele sind!", 1905 [ vocal quartet in canon ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

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