Prayer | Lord, let me hunger now and then

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by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Gebet

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Herr, laß mich hungern dann und wann,
Satt sein macht stumpf und träge,
Und schick' mir Feinde, Mann um Mann,
Kampf hält die Kräfte rege.

Gib leichten Fuß zu Spiel und Tanz,
Flugkraft in goldne Ferne,
Und häng' den Kranz, den vollen Kranz,
Mir höher in die Sterne.

Confirmed with Gustav Falke, Ausgewählte Gedichte, herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth, Berlin: Hofenberg, 2014, page 8

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Gebet" [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 Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Gebet", 1910, published 1910 [ medium voice, piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, I. Folge, Nr. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Margarete Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Gebet", op. 5 (Fünf Gedichte von Gustav Falke) no. 1 (1909), published 1913 [ voice and piano ], München, Wunderhorn-Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Prayer", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Prayer

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Lord, let me hunger now and then,
To be satiated makes one dull and indolent;
And send me enemies, man upon man,
Battle keeps one’s powers vigorous.
 
Give me light feet to play and dance,
The power of flight into the golden distance,
And hang the wreath, the full wreath,
Higher for me in the stars.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916), "Gebet"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 56