All things in the world are fleeting | All things in the world are fleeting and fluctuating as gossamer

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by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

All' Ding' der Welt vergänglich sein und...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

All' Ding' der Welt vergänglich sein und schwank wie Sommerfaden:
Nur treue Lieb, die währt allein, Gott hält sie hoch in Gnaden. 
Ich weiß ein Muttergottesbild, steht frei auf rauher Halde, 
Das müßt' vor Wind und Wetter wild verblaßt sein, ach wie balde! 
Sein Kornblumkranz, der ist verdorrt um seinen [Ram viel]¹ schnelle: 
Das Bildnis selbst prangt fort und fort in frischer Pracht und Helle, 
Weil Gott der Herr mit eigner Hand ihm abwehrt Sturm und Regen: --
So hält er auch in Flor und Stand Treulieb' mit seinem Segen.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Felix Dahn, Berlin, 1857 (above); and confirmed with Felix Dahn's Sämtliche Werke poetischen Inhalts, Band XVI, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1898, page 65 (see footnote 1)

¹ 1857 edition: "Rahmen"

Text Authorship:

by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), no title, appears in Schlichte Weisen, no. 2 [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 Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "All' Ding' der Welt vergänglich sein", op. 13 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 2, published 1873 [ satb quartet ], Mainz: Schott [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "All things in the world are fleeting", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2019-11-04
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Word count: 90

All things in the world are fleeting

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

All things in the world are fleeting and fluctuating as gossamer:
Only true love -- it alone endures; God holds it high in grace.
I know a shrine of the Mother of God; it stands out in the open on the rugged height;
From the wind and the wild weather it ought to be faded, ah, how soon!
The wreath of cornflowers about its rim, it has quickly wilted:
The image itself stands on and on, resplendent in glory and brightness,
Because with His own hand the Lord God repels storm and rain: --
Thus, too, He keeps true love in bloom and existence with His blessing.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), no title, appears in Schlichte Weisen, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-11
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Word count: 105