Die Lerche grüßt den ersten Strahl
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE ITA
Die Lerche grüßt den ersten Strahl,
Daß er die Brust ihr zünde,
Wenn träge Nacht noch überall
Durchschleicht die tiefen Gründe.
Und du willst, Menschenkind, der Zeit
Verzagend unterliegen?
Was ist dein kleines Erdenleid?
Du mußt es überfliegen!
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's Werke. Erster Theil. Gedichte. Berlin. Verlegt von M. Simion. 1841, page 46; and with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämmtliche Werke. Zweite Auflage. Erster Band. Leipzig, Voigt & Günther. 1864, page 279.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832 - 1903), "Wanderspruch", op. 2 (6 vierstimmige Gesänge für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 1, published 1856 [ SATB quartet ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Die Lerche grüßt den ersten Strahl", op. 28, Heft 1 no. 8, published 1921, first performed 1922 [ satb quartet and orchestra ], from Von deutscher Seele - Teil I - Mensch und Natur, no. 8, Adolph Fürstner, Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Die Lerche grüßt den ersten Strahl", op. 42 no. 4 (1928) [ voice, piano, clarinet, horn, percussion ], from Wandersprüche: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 4, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Meditazione 4 dalle "Meditazioni del viandante"", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2004-04-02
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Word count: 38
The lark greets the first ray of the sun
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
The lark greets the first ray [of the sun],
That it may light a fire in her breast,
When everywhere languorous night still
Creeps through the deep vales.
And you would, child of man,
Submit despondently to time?
What is your little earthly pain?
You must soar above it!
About the headline (FAQ)
"Wanderspruch" = "Wanderer's Maxim"
"Spruch 4 aus 'Wandersprüche'" = "The fourth maxim from 'Maxims for Wanderers'"
"Die Lerche grüßt den ersten Strahl" = "The lark greets the first ray [of the sun]"
Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-19
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Word count: 49