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Therese Was ist Lieb? Ein Tag des Mayen, Der im goldnem Glanz erwacht; Hell auf froher Schäfer Reihen Vom entwölkten Himmel lacht. Flöten locken zu den Tänzen Der vergnügten Mädchen Schaar; Blumen sammeln sie zu Kränzen, Schmücken ihrer Schäfer Haar. Schnell verdüstert über ihnen Sich der schwülen Sonne Blick; Schrecken blickt aus ihren Mienen, Schüchtern eilen sie zurück. Regengüsse strömen nieder; Blum' und Wiesen sind verheert; Und der [frommen Freude Lieder]1 Sind in Trauerton verkehrt. -- Schau! der Friedensboge stralet Ins erschrockne Thal herab; Schau! der Hoffnung Freude malet Sich auf allen Wangen ab. -- Gib, o Gott der frommen Liebe, Uns ein ruhiges Gemüth, Das durch Wolken, schwarz und trübe, Ins Gefild der Hofnung [sic] sieht!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Johann Martin Miller, Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte, Faksimiledruck nach der Ausgabe von 1776, mit einem Nachwort von Alain Faure, Erster Band, Stuttgart: J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1971, pages 406-407
1 Türk: "Frommen Freudenlieder"Text Authorship:
- by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814), no title, appears in Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte [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 Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750 - 1813), "Was ist Lieb? Ein Tag des Mayen", published 1780 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gedichte aus dem Siegwart, no. 3, Leipzig und Halle, private publication (i.e., financed by the composer) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-16
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Word count: 116
What is love? A day of Maytime That wakens in a golden radiance; [That] brightly laughs down upon the dances Of happy shepherds from a cloudless sky. To the dances flutes entice The throng of blithe maidens; They gather flowers for wreaths, [And] adorn the hair of their shepherds. Quickly over them the humid sun's Gaze is darkened; Their faces show how startled they are, Faint-hearted they hurry back. Rain streams down; Flowers and meadow are ravaged; And the [songs of pious joy]1 Are transformed into tones of mourning. -- See! the arc of peace shines Down into the startled valley; See! the joy of hope is reflected Upon all cheeks. -- Give us, oh God of pious love, A quiet spirit That gazes through clouds, black and dour, Into the meadows of hope!
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View text without footnotes1 Türk: "songs of joy sung by the pious"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814), no title, appears in Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-16
Line count: 24
Word count: 134