Nach Weltlust bin ich lange Zeit liebend gegangen. An der Dinge Vergänglichkeit hab ich gehangen. Trügend lachte die Welt mich an, winkte ihr nach. Da folgte ich wie ein kranker Mann manchen Tag. Nun hilf mir Herre Christ von Satan, der gewaltig ist, daß er mich nicht berühre, wenn ich dein heilig Zeichen führe.
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Confirmed with Die Bücher der Rose, erster Band: Die Ernste aus acht Jahrhunderten deutscher Lyrik, ed. by Will Vesper, Düsseldorf & Leipzig: W. Langewiesche-Brandt, 1906, page 12.
Text Authorship:
- by Will Vesper (1882 - 1962), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Mittelhochdeutsch by Hartmann von Aue (c1160/70 - c1210/20) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "Nach Weltlust bin ich lange Zeit", op. 23 (Sieben alte deutsche Gedichte) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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