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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Nichts
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT
Nichts wird rechts und links mich kränken,
Folg ich kühn dem raschen Flug;
Wollte jemand anders denken,
Ist der Weg ja breit genug.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Nichts", 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), "Nichts", 2010 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Vier kleine Lieder , no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Res", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Nothing", 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: 4
Word count: 23

Nothing
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Nothing left or right will lure me aside,
As I follow in headlong rush;
Lest someone might think otherwise,
The path is certainly wide enough.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Nothing", 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), "Nichts", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 8. Zahme Xenien
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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):

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-12-29
Line count: 4
Word count: 25

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