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Alles gaben Götter die unendlichen Ihren Lieblingen ganz

English translation: Another translation

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German term or phrase:Alles gaben Götter die unendlichen Ihren Lieblingen ganz
English translation:Another translation
Entered by: Veronikka (X)

13:47 Jan 26, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / literature
German term or phrase: Alles gaben Götter die unendlichen Ihren Lieblingen ganz
"Alles gaben Götter die unendlichen
Ihren Lieblingen ganz
Alle Freuden die unendlichen
Alle Schmerzen die unendlichen ganz".

Any clue, my friends?
Veronikka (X)
Another translation
Explanation:
I found this one:

All things the gods bestow, the infinite ones
On their darlings completely.
All the joys, the infinite ones
All the pains, the infinite ones, completely.

http://gracefulpresence.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html

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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-01-26 18:17:57 GMT)
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... and another one:

The gods give everything, the infinite ones,
To their beloved, completely,
Every pleasure, the infinite ones,
Every suffering, the infinite ones, completely.
[tr. Spender]

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/G.p.txt
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Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:49
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I want to thank Klaus, Cybeles, Sibel and Kim for your help and attention...

Cybeles, thanks for the translation in Portuguese - I loved it!

Nesrin, thanks a lot for both options.

You guys are great!

Veronikka
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5Loose translation
Kim Metzger
4The gods give everything, the infinite ones, to their beloved, completely...
Purdue_PhD
3Another translation
Nesrin
3Uma sugestão... veja abaixo
Cybeles Lehner
2My try
gangels (X)


Discussion entries: 3





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Loose translation


Explanation:
I have a loose translation in my Goethe volume:

To those whom they love, the gods who are infinite give all things wholly: all joys, which are infinite, all sorrows, which are infinite, wholly.

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Note added at 15 mins (2007-01-26 14:03:05 GMT)
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Literal:

Alles gaben Götter die unendlichen - the infinite gods gave everything

Ihren Lieblingen ganz - wholly to those whom they love

Alle Freuden die unendlichen - all joys, which are infinite

Alle Schmerzen die unendlichen ganz - all sorrows, which are infinite - wholly


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 10:49
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 213

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henry Schroeder: Wow, that's in a published volume, I must not get it - sounds terrible to me. Or is that a Mexican English translation of Goethe? // Your own literal version sounds a thousand times better in my ears + it's closer to the original, but I'm missing smthg...
8 mins
  -> It's in the Penguin Poets series: Goethe, selected verse.
agree  Paul Cohen: Thanks for amazing the Penguin Poets series reference, Kim! If it was good enough for the antipodal ornithological publishers...
24 mins
  -> Yes, the translations are not meant to be poetry - just a general idea.
agree  Andrea Black: I like your literal version.
30 mins
  -> Actually, Goethe used "geben" and not "gaben".
agree  Nesrin: Was Goethe not familiar with the rules of comma usage?? // I just found another translation online, please check below.
2 hrs
  -> He had a license to be artistic.
agree  Bernhard Sulzer: with the literal one - on second thought - I like this version a lot.
3 hrs
neutral  Cybeles Lehner: "The infinite Gods give" is not correct... but "the gods give the infinite"... (also in the present time).
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Another translation


Explanation:
I found this one:

All things the gods bestow, the infinite ones
On their darlings completely.
All the joys, the infinite ones
All the pains, the infinite ones, completely.

http://gracefulpresence.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html

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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-01-26 18:17:57 GMT)
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... and another one:

The gods give everything, the infinite ones,
To their beloved, completely,
Every pleasure, the infinite ones,
Every suffering, the infinite ones, completely.
[tr. Spender]

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/G.p.txt

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:49
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
I want to thank Klaus, Cybeles, Sibel and Kim for your help and attention...

Cybeles, thanks for the translation in Portuguese - I loved it!

Nesrin, thanks a lot for both options.

You guys are great!

Veronikka
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The gods give everything, the infinite ones, to their beloved, completely...


Explanation:
This is from : [All selections from "The Poems of Goethe," New York: John D. Williams, 1882.]

The gods give everything, the infinite ones,
To their beloved, completely,
Every pleasure, the infinite ones,
Every suffering, the infinite ones, completely.



    Reference: http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/G.p.txt
Purdue_PhD
Local time: 12:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in TurkishTurkish
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
My try


Explanation:
The gods, in their infinity, bestowed it all upon their loved ones, undivided
All joys, in their infinity
All pains, in their infinity, undivided

gangels (X)
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1 day 23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Uma sugestão... veja abaixo


Explanation:
All things the gods give, in their infinity
To their beloved, completely
All the joys, in their infinity,
All the pains, in their infinity, completely

And as you speak Portuguese, maybe it could here, so here it goes:

Tudo os Deuses dão, os infinitos,
A quem amam, por inteiro:
Todos prazeres, infinitos,
Todos pesares, infinitos, por inteiro.

(So beautiful, yet so hard to reach the depth of his words... )




Cybeles Lehner
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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