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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.
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- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Genialisch treiben", appears in 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):
- 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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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:30
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So do I roll, without pause, like Saint Diogenes, my barrel. Now in earnest, now in jest; now in love, now in hate; now it is this, now it is that - it is a Nothing, and it is a Something. So do I roll, without pause, like Saint Diogenes, my barrel.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Genialisch treiben", appears in Epigrammatisch
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:30
Line count: 8
Word count: 53