Das Jagen ist mein' größte Lust
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Veit
Das Jagen ist mein' größte Lust,
Ziehs allem andern für!
Man ist so frisch
Rennt durchs Gebüsch,
Und springt, als wie ein Thier!
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Confirmed with Johann Martin Miller, Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte, Faksimiledruck nach der Ausgabe von 1776, mit einem Nachwort von Alain Faure, Erster Band, Stuttgart: J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1971, page 248
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2016-06-16
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Hunting is my greatest pleasure
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Hunting is my greatest pleasure,
I would rather do that than anything else!
One is so brisk[,]
One runs through the bushes,
And leaps like an animal!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-16
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Word count: 27