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Faulheit, [jetzo will ich dir]1 Auch ein kleines Loblied bringen! -- O!. . . Wie. . . sau -- er. . . wird es mir Dich nach Würde zu besingen! Doch ich will mein Bestes tun: Nach der Arbeit ist gut ruhn. Höchstes Gut, wer dich nur hat, Dessen ungestörtes Leben. . . Ach!. . . ich gähn!. . . ich. . . werde matt. Nun, so magst du mir's vergeben, Daß ich dich nicht singen kann: Du verhinderst mich ja dran.
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View text without footnotes1 Haydn: "endlich muß ich dir"; Benda: "itzo will ich dir"
Text Authorship:
- by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781), "Lob der Faulheit", appears in Lieder [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Lob der Faulheit", 2010 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg (Jiři Antonín) Benda (1722 - 1795), "Faulheit, itzo will ich dir", published 1780-7, in Sammlung vermischter Clavier- und Singstücke [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Lob der Faulheit", Hob. XXVIa no. 22 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Lob der Faulheit", op. 28 (4 Männerchöre a cappella) no. 1 (1928), published 1933 [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 81
Pigrizia, [ora voglio]1 offrirti un piccolo canto di lode! --- Oh! Come... è... duro... per me cantarti come meriti! Però, farò del mio meglio: dopo la fatica è bene riposare. Bene supremo, per chi ti possiede, vivere senza essere disturbati. Ah!... Sbadiglio!... Sono stanco. Ora, ti piaccia perdonarmi, se non ti posso cantare: sei tu che me lo impedisci.
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"Lob der Faulheit" = "Elogio della pigrizia"
"Faulheit, itzo will ich dir" = "Pigrizia, ora voglio"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 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 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781), "Lob der Faulheit", appears in Lieder
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 59