Good advice | If joy seeks you, greet it

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sometimes misattributed to Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862) and by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Guter Rath

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Sucht dich die Freude, grüsse sie,
Sie schmückt das Erdenleben;
Gib Raum ihr, doch vergiß es nie,
Daß Flügel ihr gegeben.

Und, wenn dich Leid und Weh ereilt,
Mußt sie geduldig tragen,
Und hoffen, daß die Wunde heilt
Die Hand, die sie geschlagen!

Confirmed with Gedichte von Julius Sturm, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1850, page 154

Text Authorship:

sometimes misattributed to Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)
by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Guter Rath" [author's text checked 2 times 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 Rudolf Weinwurm (1835 - 1911), "Guter Rath", op. 27 (Drei Gesänge für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 3, published 1874 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Good advice", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-10-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Good advice

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

If joy seeks you, greet it,
It adorns [our] life on earth;
Make room for it, but never forget
That it has been given wings.

And when sorrow and pain catch up with you,
You must bear them with patience,
And hope that the wound shall be healed
By the hand that dealt the blow!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) misattributed to Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862) and by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Guter Rath"
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This text was added to the website: 2015-02-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 55