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by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mein Herz ist wie ein See so weit
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG ENG FRE IRI NOR
Mein Herz ist wie ein See so weit,
Drin lacht dein [Antlitz]1 sonnenlicht
In tiefer süßer Einsamkeit,
Wo leise Well' an Well' sich bricht.

Ist's Nacht, ist's Tag? Ich weiß es nicht,
Lacht doch auf mich so lieb und lind
Dein [sonnenlichtes]2 [Angesicht]3
Und selig bin ich wie ein Kind.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   C. Orff •   K. Thomas •   A. Webern 

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Confirmed with Gedichte und Sprüche von Friedrich Nietzsche,Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von C.G. Naumann, 1901, page 23.

1 Orff: "Auge"
2 Thomas: "sonnenhelles"
3 Orff: "Augenlicht"

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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):

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El meu cor és tan gran com un llac", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Bonheur", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Munter", copyright © 2008, (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: 8
Word count: 50

My heart is as vast as a lake
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
My heart is as vast as a lake,
within it laughs your sunlit [face]1
in deep, sweet solitude,
where quiet wave breaks upon wave.

Is it night, is it day?  I do not know.
[Your sunlit face]2 laughs down at me,
so dearly and so gently.
and I am as contented as a child.

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Translated titles:
"Mein Herz ist wie ein See so weit" = "My heart is as vast as a lake"
"Heiter" = "Merry"

1 Orff: "eye"
2 Orff: "The sunlit light of your eyes"; Thomas: "Your sun-bright face"

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 54