Elogio della pigrizia | Pigrizia, ora voglio

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by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Faulheit, jetzo will ich dir

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE ITA

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.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• G. Benda • J. Haydn

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¹ 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) , "Elogio della pigrizia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Elogio della pigrizia

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

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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¹ for the Haydn version: "infine devo" (endlich muss)

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This text was added to the website: 2008-12-23
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