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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

Zum Sehen geboren
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Zum [Sehen]1 geboren,
Zum Schauen bestellt,
Dem Turme geschworen
Gefällt mir die Welt.
Ich blick' in die Ferne,
Ich seh' in der Näh'
Den Mond und die Sterne,
Den Wald und das Reh.

So seh' ich in allen
Die ewige Zier,
Und wie mir's gefallen,
Gefall' ich auch mir.
Ihr glücklichen Augen,
Was je ihr gesehn,
Es sei, was es wolle,
Es war doch so schön!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie zweiter Teil (Part II), Act V [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 Hans Martin Gräbner (b. 1967), "Der Türmer", 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Solang Du lebest, ist es Tag - Ein Liederzyklus für BL, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Maria Herz (1878 - 1950), "Zum Sehen geboren" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Zum Schenken geboren, zum Schauen bestellt", op. 57 no. 61, published 1877 [ baritone and piano ], from Aus der Musik zu Goethe's Faust, no. 61, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Lynceus, der Türmer, auf Faust's Sternwarte singend", op. 9, Heft 8 no. 3 (1833), from Faust part 2: Drei Lieder des Turmwächter Lynceus, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Lied des Lynkeus", published 1910 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Lied Lynceus des Türmers", op. 79 no. 27[28] (1849), published 1849 [ voice and piano ], from Liederalbum für die Jugend, no. 27[28], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hermann Simon (1896 - 1948), "Lynceus der Türmer", 1935 [ baritone and horn ], from Drei Goethe-Gesänge, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Der Türmer singt auf der Schlosswarte" [ voice and orchestra ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Voor turen geboren", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Born to watch", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de Lyncée, le veilleur", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Linceo della torre", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 67

Voor turen geboren
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Voor turen geboren,
De wacht toegedaan,
Verknocht aan de toren
Bevalt mij 't bestaan.
Ik zie al het verre,
Dichtbij zie 'k voor twee,
De maan en de sterren,
Het woud en het ree.
 
Ik zie in hen allen
De eeuwige pracht.
Zo 't mij is bevallen,
Heb 'k mij ook geacht.
Gelukkige ogen,
Wat ooit je maar zag,
Reëel of bedrogen,
't Verveelde geen dag!

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2013 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie zweiter Teil (Part II), Act V
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This text was added to the website: 2013-05-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 66

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