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Zarathustra's roundelay

"Zarathustra's roundelay" (), also called the "Midnight Song" (Mitternachts-Lied) or "Once More" (), is a poem in the book Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883–1885) by Friedrich Nietzsche.

The poem first appears in Thus Spoke Zarathustra<nowiki/>'s chapter "The Second Dance-Song", then reappears in a later chapter, "The Drunken Song".

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

German original

Selected English translations

Alexander Tille:

Thomas Common:

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—English