Each to his own | The bird in the air / the stone rests on the land /

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by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius

Translation © by Peter Palmer

Ein jedes in dem seinigen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Der Vogel in der Lufft / der Stein ruht auff dem Land /
Jm Wasser lebt der Fisch / mein Geist in GOttes Hand.

Text Authorship:

by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius [author's text not yet checked 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 Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), "Ein jedes in dem seinigen", first performed 2012 [four-part chorus a cappella], from nicht Ichts -- nicht Nichts : Ten monodistichs by Angelus Silesius for four voices, no. 9. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Peter Palmer) , title 1: "Each to his own", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Peter Palmer

This text was added to the website: 2012-10-05
Line count: 2
Word count: 24

Each to his own

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The bird in the air / the stone rests on the land /
The fish lives in water / my spirit in God's hand.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius
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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-05
Line count: 2
Word count: 24