Chant | Toujours être purement

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by Wilhelm Heilwig Carl Robert August von Ungern-Sternberg (1777 - 1847)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Immer sich rein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Immer sich rein
Kindlich erfreu'n,
    Selig, wer's kann.
Jubeln und singen,
Hüpfen und springen,
    Selig, wer's kann.
Lachen und scherzen
Mit fröhlichem Herzen,
    Selig, wer's kann.
Sorgen [zerstreu'n]¹,
Gerne [verzeih'n]²,
    Selig, wer's kann.
Menschen beglücken,
Welch' ein Entzücken!
    Selig, wer's kann.
Böses nicht messen
Und Vieles vergessen,
    Selig, wer's kann.

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• J. Lang

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Confirmed with W.H.C.R.A v. Ungern-Sternberg, Bühne, Kunst und Liebe, Berlin: bei G. Reimer, 1831, page 108.

¹ Lang: "zerstreuen"
² Lang: "verzeihen"

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Heilwig Carl Robert August von Ungern-Sternberg (1777 - 1847), no title, appears in Bühne, Kunst und Liebe, first published 1831 [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Lied", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1834), published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Friedrich Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canzone", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 54

Chant

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

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Toujours être purement
Heureux comme un enfant,
    Bienheureux, celui qui le peut.
Exulter et chanter,
Bondir et sauter,
    Bienheureux, celui qui le peut.
Rire et plaisanter,
Avec un cœur joyeux,
    Bienheureux, celui qui le peut.
Dissiper les soucis,
Pardonner volontiers,
    Bienheureux, celui qui le peut.
Rendre heureux les gens,
Quel enchantement !
    Bienheureux, celui qui le peut.
Ne pas mesurer les méchancetés,
Et en oublier beaucoup,
    Bienheureux, celui qui le peut.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Heilwig Carl Robert August von Ungern-Sternberg (1777 - 1847), no title, appears in Bühne, Kunst und Liebe, first published 1831
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-15
Line count: 18
Word count: 70