Freunde

Schmerzen und Freuden
Reift jede Stunde
Zu goldenen Ernten,
Und zwischen den Ähren lächelt auf
Aus Blumen die Schönheit.

Aber den Herzen einzusammeln,
Daß voller stets [beflügele]1 sich ihr Schlag,
Freunde, eint eure Kraft mit uns:
Aus dem Irdischen
Sammelnd das Göttliche,
Daß wir das Leben
Ernten!

Translation(s): ENG FRE

List of language codes

View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with Ferdinand Avenarius, Stimmen und Bilder. Neue Gedichte, Florenz und Leipzig: bei Eugen Diederichs, 1898, page 89.

Authorship

• by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923), "Freunde", appears in Stimmen und Bilder, in Ehe [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Freunde", 1903-4, from Drei Avenarius Lieder, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Friends", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Amis", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project, and I have been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your gift is greatly appreciated.      - Emily Ezust

Browse imslp.org (Petrucci Music Library) for Lieder or choral works