Wie kommen die Menschen in fröhliche...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie kommen die Menschen in fröhliche Haufen
Zusammen gelaufen,
Und bringen sich lauter Ergetzliches dar!
So Bücher, als Seide,
So Flachs, als Geschmeide,
So Früchte zum Leben, als Blumen in's Haar.
O möcht' es mir dieses Mahl auch nur gelingen,
Was Schönes zu bringen,
Für Alter und Jugend zum freudigen Kauf!
Doch ist für den Handel
Verdorben mein Wandel;
Ich brachte wohl nimmer viel Nützliches auf.
Mich liebte Gesang, der erquickende, holde,
Nur wußte vom Golde
So wenig die Hand als der lustige Sinn.
Aus schönen Geschichten
Gesänge zu dichten,
War einzig des gaukelnden Wand'rers Gewinn.
Hier biethet ein Jeder vertrauend und offen
Mit freudigem Hoffen
Zum Tausche, was rüstig sein Streben gewann.
Als freyere Gabe
Nehmt hin, was ich habe,
Und höret und preiset den fröhlichen Mann.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Gedichte von Fridr. Baron de la Motte-Fouqué, Neueste Auflage, Wien: Bey B. Ph. Bauer, 1816, pages 69-70
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Leyermann am Jahrmarkte", published 1818 [ voice and piano or harpsichord ], in Liederkranz auf das Jahr 1818, Zürich: bei H. G. Nägeli, song no. V, pages 6 -7 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
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How the people come running and form
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
How the people come running and form
A joyful crowd,
And bring along so many delightful things!
Books as well as silks,
Flax as well as jewelry,
Fruits for living as well as flowers for one’s hair.
Oh if this time I could only be successful
In presenting something beautiful
For the aged and the young to purchase happily!
But for commerce
My way of life is spoiled;
I suppose I never produced much that was of any use.
Song loved me, invigorating, lovely [song],
Only of gold my hand
Knew as little as my merry spirit.
From beautiful stories
To create songs
Was the only profit of the erratic wanderer.
Here, trustingly and openly, everyone offers,
With joyful hope,
For trade that which he lustily achieved through his striving.
As a freer gift,
Take what I have,
And listen to and laud the happy man.
About the headline (FAQ)
Translated titles:
"Der Leyermann am Jahrmarkte" = "The Hurdy-Gurdy man at the fair"
"Leiermann am Jahrmarkte" = "Hurdy-Gurdy man at the fair"
Text Authorship:
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