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by Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700 - 1766)

Anderer Last unsre Lust
 (Sung text for setting by G. Telemann)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
 ... 

Es hat mir noch an keiner Lust gefehlt;
Denn Welt und Himmel ist mein eigen.
Des Reichen Hand hat nur das Geld gezehlt,
Mir täglich neue Lust zu zeugen.
Sein Haus und Hof, Staat, Garten, Wald und Feld
Bringt ihm die Last und mir die Freude,
Und wenn er gleich den Namen Herr behält,
Geniessen wirs doch alle Beide.

Confirmed with Oden der deutschen Gesellschaft in Leipzig, in vier Bücher abgetheilet, Leipzig: Joh. Fried. Gleditschens sel. Sohn, 1728, pages 305 - 307. Appears in Der deutschen Gesellschaft Oden, vierdtes [sic] Buch, in IV. Ode.

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), "Anderer Last unsre Lust", stanza 6 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700 - 1766), "Die Zufriedenheit"

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

  • ENG English (Poppy Holden) , "Their burden, our joy", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Poppy Holden , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 64
Word count: 438

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