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Aria Ihr Hungerleider, ruht einmal von eurer selbstgemachten Qual und höret auf zu fasten! Ihr seid zwar reich, doch auch dem ärmsten Bettler gleich bei euren vollen Kasten. Recitative Wem hebt ihr alles auf? Wem soll das grosse Gut, von dem ihr euch doch nihcts zugute tat? Wisst ihr es nihct, so dürft ihr mich nur fragen; hört her! Ich will's euch sagen: Ihr sammlet für lachende Erben, die mit der Zeit, nach eurem Sterben, auf euren Federn prächtig ruhn und alles auf einmal vertun. Ihr lebet arm und sterbet reich; ihr friert, damit sich andre einst an euren Kohlen wärmen können. Ach, sterbt nur! Das ersparte Holz wird einmal desto heller brennen. Aria Ihr Taler, lasst euch nicht verlangen! Wisst, der Erlösungstag bringt endlich doch herein! Der Henker, der euch in der Welt gefänglich eingebracht und in Verwahrung hält, sperrt, weil er sterben kann, euch nicht auf ewig ein.
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), "Der Geiz", from cantata Moralische Kantaten, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Dr Michael P. Rosewall) , "Stinginess", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "L'avarizia", 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: 32
Word count: 150
Aria: Voi morti di fame, cessate la pena che voi stessi vi date, smettete il digiuno! Voi siete ricchi, ma simili al più misero mendicante, con le vostre casse piene. Recitativo: Per chi accumulate tutto? Per chi è tutto il bene da cui voi non avete vantaggio? Non lo sapete, e dunque domandatemi; ascoltate! Io vi dirò: accumulate per far ridere gli eredi, che con il tempo, alla vostra morte, riposeranno sulle vostre splendide piume e si godranno tutto in una volta. Voi vivete poveri per morire ricchi, soffrite il freddo, perché altri si scaldino al vostro fuoco. Ah, morite! La legna conservata arderà più luminosa. Aria: Voi denari, non fatevi desiderare! Sapete, finalmente spunta il giorno della libertà! L'aguzzino che vi ha tenuti prigionieri, rinchiusi sotto custodia, morirà infine, non vi terrà in eterno.
Text Authorship:
- 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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joachim Johann Daniel Zimmermann
This text was added to the website: 2005-10-30
Line count: 32
Word count: 135