by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die Lerche grüßt den ersten Strahl, Daß er die Brust ihr zünde, Wenn träge Nacht noch überall Durchschleicht die tiefen Gründe. Und du willst, Menschenkind, der Zeit Verzagend unterliegen? Was ist dein kleines Erdenleid? Du mußt es überfliegen!
Composition:
- Set to music by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), no title, op. 28, Heft 1 no. 8, published 1921, first performed 1922 [ satb quartet and orchestra ], from Von deutscher Seele - Teil I - Mensch und Natur, no. 8, Adolph Fürstner, Berlin
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Wandersprüche, no. 4, Berlin, Duncker und Humblot, first published 1837
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Meditazione 4 dalle "Meditazioni del viandante"", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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