Life | Every morning I rejoice

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

An jedem Morgen freu ich mich

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

An jedem Morgen freu ich mich,
Daß ich zu neuem Tag erwacht,
Doch mehr am Abend noch, daß ich
Hab' wieder einen Tag vollbracht.
So sehnt vom Abend sich der Sinn
Zum Tag, vom Tag zum Abend hin;
O Herz, zu leben scheinest du,
Und steuerst nur dem Tode zu.

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Confirmed with Poetisches Tagebuch von Friedrich Rückert, 1850-1866 (Aus seinem Nachlasse), Frankfurt am Main: J.D. Sauerländers Verlag, 1888, page 58

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch [author's text checked 1 time 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 Richard Rössler (1880 - 1962), "Das Leben" [vocal duet with piano], from the collection Zwei Duette mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 1. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Life", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-07
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Word count: 50

Life

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Every morning I rejoice
That I awoke to a new day,
But even more so in the evening that I
Again accomplished a day.
Thus yearns my spirit from evening
Toward day, from day toward evening;
Oh heart, you seem to be living,
And yet you are only heading for death.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 51