by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius
Man weiss nicht was man ist
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Jch weiss nicht was ich bin / Jch bin nicht was ich weiss: Ein ding und nit ein ding: ein stüpffchin und ein kreiss.
Text Authorship:
- by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius [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 Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Man weiss nicht was man ist", first performed 2012 [four-part chorus a cappella], from nicht Ichts -- nicht Nichts : Ten monodistichs by Angelus Silesius for four voices, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Palmer) , title 1: "One does not know what one is", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Peter Palmer
This text was added to the website: 2012-10-05
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Word count: 24