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by Friedrich Wilhelm Weber (1813 - 1894)

Auch die Feinde soll ich lieben?
Language: German (Deutsch) 
"Auch die Feinde soll ich lieben?
Pater Prior, welch Verlangen!
Schlägt mich wer, ich soll gelassen
Ihm erbieten beide Wangen?

Harter Mönch, du lehrst und forderst
Hundert Pflichten, schwer zu üben,
Doch die übermenschlich schwerste
Dünkt mich, seinen Feind zu lieben.

Und ihr tut es; ich erfuhr es
An mir selbst! -- Nun schweig, du Spötter,
Wodanspriester; diese Menschen
Können mehr als unsre Götter!"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Wilhelm Weber (1813 - 1894), no title, appears in Dreizehnlinden, in 19. Elmar im Klostergarten, no. 22, first published 1878 [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 August Braubach , "Auch die Feinde soll ich lieben?" [baritone and piano], from Elmar im Klostergarten, no. 22. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-12-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

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