Public's applause | Is not holy my heart, filled by a happier life

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

Translation © by Walter A. Aue

Ist nicht heilig mein Herz, schöneren...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG FRE

Ist nicht heilig mein Herz, schöneren Lebens voll,
  Seit ich liebe? Warum achtetet ihr mich mehr,
    Da ich stolzer und wilder,
      Wortereicher und leerer war?

Ach! der Menge gefällt, was auf den Markplatz taugt,
  Und es ehret der Knecht nur den Gewaltsamen;
    An das Göttliche glauben
      Die allein, die es selber sind.

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Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Menschenbeifall" [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 (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Menschenbeifall", op. 61 no. 1, published 1963, from Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "Ist nicht heilig mein Herz", 1942 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernst-Lothar von Knorr (1896 - 1973), "Menschenbeifall", 1952 [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Wetz (1875 - 1935), "Menschenbeifall", op. 27 (Vier Lieder und Gesänge für mittlere Stimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 1, published 1911 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fr. Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , no title, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Public's applause", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 52

Public's applause

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Is not holy my heart, filled by a happier life
  since I love? And for what did you respect me then,
    when much prouder and wilder,
      fuller of words and more vacant I was?

Shame! The masses enjoy only the goods at the fair,
  and the servant obeys master's violence only.
    Those that believe the divine
      are but the ones that are so themselves.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Menschenbeifall"
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-26
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Word count: 64