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by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803)

Den flüchtigen Tagen wehrt keine Gewalt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Den flüchtigen Tagen wehrt keine Gewalt;
Die Räder am Wagen entfliehn nicht so bald.
Wie Blitze verfliegen, so sind sie dahin.
Ich will mich vergnügen, so lang' ich noch bin!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Bach •   H. Nägeli 

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Confirmed with J. W. L. Gleim's Sämmtliche Werke, Erster Band: Erste Originalausgabe, ed. by Wilhelm Körte, Halberstadt, im Büreau für Literatur und Kunst, 1811.


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803), "Vorsatz" [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 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788), "Trinklied", Wq 199 no. 5 (1762-1774) [ voice and piano or harpsichord or organ ], from Oden mit Melodien, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Die Flucht der Zeit", published 1797, confirmed with Lieder in Musik gesetzt, Zweyte Sammlung, Zürich: Nägeli, pages 30-31 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2022-02-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 30

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