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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.
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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.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
This text was added to the website: 2011-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 62
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