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Aria Die Zeit verzehrt die eignen Kinder viel geschwinder als sie die selbigen zur Welt geboren hat. Jahr, Monat, Wochen, Tag und Stunden sind, wenn sie sind, verschwunden; der Leib, der sie gebiert ist ihr gewisses Grab; die Mutter würgt sie selber ab und hort nicht auf und frisst und wird doch niemals satt. Recitative Der Anfang lieget stets beim Ende. Kaum bricht der lichte Tag hervor, so zieht die Nacht den braunene Flor den heitern Lüften an; sie nimmt den Schatten in die Hände, der auch sogar den Mittag selbst verdunkeln kann, und kehrt das Licht in Finsterniss. Ach, braucht den Tag! Die Nacht folgt bald, und dass gewiss. Aria Fahrt, reitet, spielt Karten, trinkt Koffee, raucht Knaster, sucht Scherz und Vergnügen, singt, tanzet und lacht! Macht euch lustig, aber wisset, dass ihr einst von euer Lust Red und Antwort geben müsset! Darum bleibet in den Schranken, nehmt dei Grenzen wohl in acht!
Text 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 Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), "Die Zeit", from cantata Moralische Kantaten, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Time", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il tempo", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Amelia Maria Imbarrato
This text was added to the website: 2005-10-30
Line count: 33
Word count: 154
Aria Il tempo distrugge i suoi figli più presto che non li abbia generati: Anno, mese, settimana, giorno ed ore sono, e si dissolvono; il grembo che li ha generati è già la loro tomba; il tempo stesso si strozza, e non smette, e continua a divorare, insaziabile. Recitativo Il principio sta vicino alla fine. Appena spunta la luce del giorno, stende la notte il tetro velo sulle aure leggere; prende in mano l'ombra, che può oscurare il mezzogiorno stesso, e muta la luce in tenebra. Ah, venga il giorno! Segue presto la notte, si sa. Aria In viaggio, a cavallo, le carte, il caffè, il tabacco, scherzate, divertitevi, si canti, si balli, si rida! State allegri, ma sappiate che una volta della vostra gioia dovrete rendere conto! Quindi, mantenetevi moderati, tenete presenti sempre i limiti!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joachim Johann Daniel Zimmermann
This text was added to the website: 2005-10-30
Line count: 33
Word count: 136