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Wie im Auge mit fliegenden Mücken, So ist's mit Sorgen ganz genau; Wenn wir in die schöne Welt hinein blicken, Da schwebt ein Spinneweben-Grau; Es überzieht nicht, es zieht nur vorüber, Das Bild ist gestört, wenn nur nicht trüber; Die klare Welt bleibt klare Welt: Im Auge nur ist's schlecht bestellt.
Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Die klare Welt", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 8. Zahme Xenien [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Die klare Welt ", 2010 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Vier kleine Lieder , no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El clar món", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The clear world", written 2010, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 51
As a mote of dust flies into the eye, So is it truly with worry. When we look into the beauty of the world, There awaits a gray cobweb; It covers nothing, yet it is pulled over all. The picture seems disturbed, though merely clouded. The clear world remains a lucid world: Only in the eye does it seem to be less.
Authorship:
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The clear world", written 2010, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Die klare Welt", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 8. Zahme Xenien
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 62