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Ein recht Gemüt Springt mit den Nachtigallen Auf manche Blüt, Und freuet sich an allen! Von [diesem]1 Zweig Will [Jener]2 einzeln schallen, Nicht [allzugleich]3 Wie Saat der Menschen wallen. Doch was vermag [Ihr]4 wallend Herz zu stören? Nicht Trommelschlag! Zum Trotz sie schlägt in Chören. Nicht [Kukuksruf]5, Von Kindern oft befraget, Kein Schlag vom Huf, Der über Wiesen jaget. Nichts störet sie, Nur heller muß sie singen, Da höret sie Den Widerhall erklingen; Ist voll das Herz, So geht der Mund wohl über, Und Lust und Schmerz, Wird da unendlich lieber. Und nur zu bald Vergißt sie sich im Schlagen, Sich und den Wald, Fort kann der Falk sie tragen; Doch sieh den Falk, Er hört ihr zu betroffen, Der lose Schalk, Und hält den Schnabel offen.
L. Reichardt sets stanzas 1-3
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Achim von Arnim Werke, Band 5, Achim von Arnim Gedichte, herausgegeben von Ulfert Ricklefs, Frankfurt am Main: Deutscher Klassiker Verlag, 1994, pages 548-549
1 Reichardt: "einem"2 Reichardt: "manche"
3 Reichardt: "all zu gleich"
4 Reichardt: "Ein"
5 Reichardt: "Kukus[sic] Ruf"
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831), "Kritik" [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 Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Ein recht Gemüt", stanzas 1-3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 133
A good spirit flits with the nightingales to many blossoms, and rejoices in all of them. From one branch some wish to sing alone, not unlike how people sow seeds. But what can disturb a surging heart? Not the beating of a drum! In spite, it beats in a chorus; Not the cuckoo’s call that children often ask for: Not the blow of hooves, shooting across the meadows. Nothing disturbs her, she must only sing more brightly, and she will hear the resounding echo. If the heart is full, then the mouth overflows [with beautiful words as well], and pleasure and pain are infinitely dear. [ ... ]
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Note: this is a translation of L. Reichardt's version.
Translations of title(s):
"Ein recht Gemüt" = "A good spirit"
"Kritik" = "Criticism"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Amy Pfrimmer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831), "Kritik"
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-08
Line count: 27
Word count: 107