Their burden, our joy | I lack no joy

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by Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700 - 1766)

Translation © by Poppy Holden

Anderer Last unsre Lust

(Sung text for setting by G. Telemann)

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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.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 6 of the original text.

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:

Georg Philipp Telemann

Text Authorship:

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

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

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Their burden, our joy

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Telemann)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 ... 

I lack no joy; 
because the world and heaven are my own. 
The rich hand has counted only money; 
every day I witness new delight; 
his house and hope, status, garden, forest and field 
bring him burden and bring me joy, 
and when names are equal, Lord, remember, 
we all bend joyfully to thee.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 6 of the original text.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700 - 1766), "Die Zufriedenheit"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 64
Word count: 55