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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

An die Günstigen
 (Sung text for setting by J. Kränzle)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Dichter lieben nicht zu schweigen,
Wollen sich der Menge zeigen;
Lob und Tadel muß ja seyn!
Niemand beichtet gern in Prosa;
Doch vertraun wir oft sub Rosa
In der Musen stillem Hain.
 
Was ich irrte, was ich strebte,
Was ich litt und was ich lebte,
Sind hier Blumen nur im Strauß;
Und das Alter wie die Jugend,
Und der Fehler wie die Tugend
Nimmt sich gut in Liedern aus.

Composition:

    Set to music by Johannes Martin Kränzle (b. 1962), "An die Günstigen", 2020 [ soprano and piano ], from Drei Dichter-Lieder, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "An die Günstigen"

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

  • ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "To the Kind Reader"
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To the favoured ones", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

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