by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905)
Gesang des Lebens
Language: German (Deutsch)
Gross ist das Leben und reich! Ewige Götter schenkten es uns, lächelnder Güte voll, uns den Sterblichen, Freudegeschaffenen. Aber arm ist des Menschen Herz! Schnell verzagt, vergisst es der reifenden Früchte. Immer wieder mit leeren Händen sitzt der Bettler an staubiger Strasse, drauf das Glück mit den tönenden Rädern leuchtend [vorbeifuhr]1.
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Confirmed with Meine Verse. Gesammtausgabe, Dritte Auflage, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1906, page 236.
1 Marx: "vorüber fuhr"Authorship:
- by Otto Erich Hartleben (1864 - 1905), "Gesang des Lebens", written 1898, appears in Meine Verse 1883-1904, appears in Diogenes, Szenen einer Komödie in Versen [author's text checked 1 time 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 Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Gesang des Lebens", 1909, published 1912 [ medium voice, piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.23 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Gesang des Lebens", op. 35 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El cant de la vida", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The song of life", subtitle: "From Diogenes", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant de la vie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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