by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Wer wird von der Welt verlangen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wer wird von der Welt verlangen, Was sie selbst vermißt und träumet, Rückwarts oder seitwarts blickend Stets den Tag des Tags versäumet? Ihr Bemühn, ihr guter Wille Hinkt nur nach dem raschen Leben, Und was du vor Jahren brauchtest, Möchte sie dir heute geben.
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1814, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 5. Buch des Unmuts -- Rendsch Nameh [author's text checked 2 times 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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Wer wird von der Welt verlangen", op. 67 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 2 no. 1 (1918) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Qui demanarà al món", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Who would demand of the world", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Celle qui demandera au monde", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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