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Oft schlägt das Menschenherz so schwer, Wenn hell die Lerche schlägt. Nur frisch mit auf, Du Herz, denn Er Hat dich an's Herz gelegt.
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Fridr. Baron de la Motte-Fouqué, Zweyter Theil, Neueste Auflage, Wien: Bey B. Ph. Bauer, 1818, page 57
Authorship
- by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Sprüche, no. 2 [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 Carl Theodor Moritz (1772 - 1834), "Oft schlägt das Menschenherz", op. 15 no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "A human heart often beats", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-01
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Word count: 24
A human heart often beats so heavily, When the lark sings brightly. Only rise up sprightly along [with the lark], you heart, for He Has placed you upon His heart.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Sprüche, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-01
Line count: 4
Word count: 30