Zarathustra's roundelay

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First instance of the poem, within Thus Spoke Zarathustra, in German
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Second instance of the poem, within Thus Spoke Zarathustra, in German

Zarathustra's roundelay (Template:Langx),[1] also called the Midnight Song (Mitternachts-Lied[2]) or Once More (Template:Langx),[3] is a poem in the book Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883–1885) by Friedrich Nietzsche.

The poem first appears in Thus Spoke Zarathustra's chapter "The Second Dance-Song", then reappears in a later chapter, "The Drunken Song".[3]

The poem was used by Gustav Mahler as the text of the 4th movement of his Symphony No 3.

German original

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Selected English translations

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Thomas Common:[5]

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Textual characteristics

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Interpretation

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