Della vita fra i flutti, fra tumulto di eventi

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

In Lebensfluthen, im Thatensturm

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ITA

Geist
 In Lebensfluthen, im Thatensturm
 Wall' ich auf und ab,
 Webe hin und her!
 Geburt und Grab,
 Ein [ewiges]¹ Meer,
 Ein wechselnd Weben,
 Ein glühend Leben,
 So schaff' ich am sausenden Webstuhl der Zeit,
 Und wirke der Gottheit lebendiges Kleid.

[Faust
 Der du die weite Welt unschweifst,
 Geschäftiger Geist, wie nah fühl' ich mich dir!]²

[Geist
 Du gleichst dem Geist, den du begreifst,
 Nicht mir!]³

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Radziwill • J. Röntgen

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¹ Radziwill: "ew'ges"
² omitted by Radziwill, Röngtgen
³ omitted by Röntgen

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [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 Antoni Henryk Radziwill, Fürst (1775 - 1833), "Melodrama", published 1835, from Compositionen zu Göthe's Faust, no. 1, Berlin: Zum ausschliesslichen Debit in Commission bei T. Trautwein, Buch-und Musikhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Lied des Erdgeistes", 1931 [ solo voices, chorus, orchestra, and organ ], from Aus Goethes Faust, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Della vita fra i flutti, fra tumulto di...

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

(Spirito)
 Della vita fra i flutti, fra tumulto di eventi
 Ondeggio su e giù
 qua e là mi agito!
 Nascita e tomba,
 onda eterna di mare,
 un vibrare mutevole,
 un vivere ardente,
 così, intento al sibilante arcolaio del tempo,
 intesso al divino una veste vivente.

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Note: this is a translation for Röntgen's setting.
Translation of title "Lied des Erdgeistes" = "Canto degli spiriti della terra"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I)
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This text was added to the website: 2011-03-06
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Word count: 45