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by Gerhard Anton von Halem (1752 - 1819)

Das Leben gleichet der Blume
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Das Leben gleichet der Blume:
So sagen die Weisen; wohlan!
Das lasset uns Freunde bedenken
Und lasst uns mit Weine sie tränken
Weit fröhlicher blühet sie dann!1
 
Das Leben gleichet der Reise:
So sagen die Weisen; wohlan!
Füllt Freunde die Gläser! ich meine
Wir sprengen die Wege mit Weine
[Viel lustiger]2 reiset sich's dann!1
 
Das Leben gleichet dem Traume:
So sagen die Weisen; wohlan!
Schon will es mich selber so dünken
Zum Glase! zum Glase wir trinken
Weit herrlicher träumt es sich dann!1

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   P. Lindpaintner 

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1 Lindpaintner adds "heida! heida! Juchhe!"
2 The second tenor sings "Weit herrlicher" in one case.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gerhard Anton von Halem (1752 - 1819), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Peter Joseph Lindpaintner (1791 - 1856), "Trinklied", published 1838 [four-part men's chorus], in Europa. Chronik der gebildeten Welt, III. Band, X. Lieferung [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Set in a modified version by Franz Jacob Freystädtler, Friedrich Muck, Karl Friedrich Rungenhagen.

    • Go to the text. [ view differences ]

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Lindsay Suddaby

This text was added to the website: 2015-06-09
Line count: 15
Word count: 87

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