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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Ach, arme welt, du trügest mich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ach, arme welt, du trügest mich,
jo, dz bekenn ich eygenlich
vnd kan dich doch nit meyden.

Du valsche welt, du seist nit wor,
din schin zergat, dz weiß ich zwor,
mit we vnd grossem liden.

Din er, din gůt, du arme welt,
am tod an rehten nöten velt,
din schatz ist ytel valsches gelt,
des hilf mir, herr, ze fryden!

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Confirmed with Das deutsche Kirchenlied, ed. by Philipp Wackernagel, Stuttgart: S. G. Liesching, 1841. No. 173, page 184. Appears in Lieder von unbekannten Dichtern aus der erstern Hälfte des XV. Jahrhunderts, no. 780, page 658. Note: Eduard Richard Mueller suggested in 1888 that this poem might be by Heinrich von Laufenberg, but many scholars maintain the anonymity of the author.


Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, 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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Set in a modified version by Johannes Brahms.

    • Go to the text. [ view differences ] CAT DUT DUT ENG FRE

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-18
Line count: 10
Word count: 61

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