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Feiger Gedanken bängliches Schwanken, weibisches Zagen, ängstliches Klagen wendet kein Elend, macht dich nicht frei. Allen Gewalten zum Trutz sich erhalten, nimmer sich beugen, kräftig sich zeigen, rufet die Arme der Götter herbei!
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Beherzigung" [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), "Kein Elend", 1990 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Beherzigung", op. 93a (Sechs Lieder und Romanzen für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor) no. 6 (1883?), published 1884 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Geilsdorf (1890 - 1976), "Beherzigung", op. 69 no. 3 [ TTBB quartet a cappella ], from Sprüche des Lebens, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cornelius Wilhelm de Groot (1914 - 1993), "Beherzigung", published 194-?, from 7 Goethe Lieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Klemperer (1885 - 1973), "Beherzigung" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Beherzigung", alternate title: "Aus Lila", published 1809 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard Reichel (1901 - 1992), "Feiger Gedanken", published 198-? [ voice and piano ], from Lieder-Gedichte von Goethe, no. 8, Monthey : Cantate Domino [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Beherzigung II", 1920 [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Feiger Gedanken bängliches Schwanken", op. 10 no. 3 (1933) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Hans Wetzler (1870 - 1943), "Beherzigung", 1907 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Beherzigung", published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Scheffel, Mörike, Goethe and Kerner, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Feiger Gedanken bängliches Schwanken", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1934), published c1977 [ soprano and piano ], Hillsdale, N. Y. : Mobart Music Publications [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Cowardly thoughts, timid shaking", copyright ©
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "No misery", copyright © 1990, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Résolution", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Da tenere a mente", copyright © 2011, (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: 12
Word count: 33
Cowardly thoughts, timid shaking, womanish hesitation, fearful lamentation - they ward off no misery, they do not make you free. Gathering all your forces for the offensive never to give way, showing yourself powerful: this calls the arms of the Gods to your side!
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Beherzigung"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 43