Der Zufriedene

Zwar schuf das Glück hienieden
Mich weder reich noch groß,
Allein ich bin zufrieden,
Wie mit dem schönsten Loos!

So ganz nach meinem Herzen
Ward mir ein Freund vergönnt;
Denn Küssen, Trinken Scherzen,
Ist auch sein Element.

Mit ihm wird froh und weise
Manch Fläschchen ausgeleert;
Denn auf der Lebensreise
Ist Wein das beste Pferd.

Wenn mir bey diesem Loose
Nun auch ein trüb'res fällt,
So denk' ich: keine Rose
Blüht dornlos in der Welt.

Translation(s): DUT ENG FRE

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Confirmed with Blümchen der Einsamkeit. Von Christian Ludwig Reissig. Wien, auf Kosten und im Verlag bey Johann Baptist Wallishausser. 1809, page 62.

Authorship

• by Christian Ludwig Reissig (1784 - 1847), "Der Zufriedene" [ 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Der Zufriedene", op. 75 no. 6 (1809). [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Zufriedene", D. 320 (1815), published 1895. [voice, piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "De tevredene", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "The contented one", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Le satisfait", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

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Le satisfait

Certes la fortune ne m'a créé ici-bas
Ni riche ni grand,
Cependant je suis satisfait,
Comme si j'avais le plus beau lot.

Aussi tout près de mon cœur
Un ami s'est accordé,
Car embrasser, boire et plaisanter
Est aussi son élément.

Avec lui, joyeusement et sagement,
De nombreuses bouteilles ont été vidées !
Car au cours de la vie,
Le vin ets le meilleur cheval.

Si pour moi ce lot
Maintenant devenait plus trouble
Alors je penserais : aucune rose
Ne fleurit sans épine dans le monde.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Ludwig Reissig (1784 - 1847), "Der Zufriedene" DUT ENG
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Peter Schubert. Go to the text.

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