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by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804)

Das Geschenk
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Bruder an die Schwester:
Sieh! Kann ein Apfel schöner sein?
Ja, Schwester, dies ist Augenweide.
Wie muss nicht sein Geschmack erfreu'n,
macht schon sein Anblick solche Freude.

Sein lieblicher Geruch, wie hold!
In gelben, rot durchstreiften Schalen
glänzt ein Rubin, gefasst in Gold;
kein Maler kann den Apfel malen.

Du möchtest ihn? Ich geb' ihn dir.
Ja, hätt' ich auch noch schön're Sachen!
Schön ist es, glücklich sein, doch mir
ist es weit schöner, glücklich machen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804) [author's text not yet checked 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 Johann Adam Hiller (1728 - 1804), "Das Geschenk", published 1769 [ voice and piano or harpsichord ], from Lieder für Kinder, no. 36, Leipzig: Weidmanns Erben und Reich [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-07
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Word count: 77

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