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Zwar schuf das Glück hienieden Mich weder reich noch groß, Allein ich bin zufrieden, Wie mit dem schönsten Loos! So ganz nach meinem Herzen Ward mir ein Freund vergönnt; Denn Küssen, Trinken Scherzen, Ist auch sein Element. Mit ihm wird froh und weise Manch Fläschchen ausgeleert; Denn auf der Lebensreise Ist Wein das beste Pferd. Wenn mir bey diesem Loose Nun auch ein trüb'res fällt, So denk' ich: keine Rose Blüht dornlos in der Welt.
Confirmed with Blümchen der Einsamkeit. Von Christian Ludwig Reissig. Wien, auf Kosten und im Verlag bey Johann Baptist Wallishausser. 1809, page 62.
Authorship
- by Christian Ludwig Reissig (1784 - 1847), "Der Zufriedene" [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Der Zufriedene", op. 75 no. 6 (1809) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Zufriedene", D 320 (1815), published 1895 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El satisfet", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De tevredene", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The contented one", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le satisfait", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Certament aquí, sobre la terra, la fortuna no m’ha fet ni ric ni gran, però jo estic satisfet com si tingués la millor sort. Així, ben a prop del meu cor, un amic em fou concedit per al qui besar, beure i plaguejar, són també el seu element. Amb ell, alegres però amb seny, hem buidat moltes ampolles, car en el viatge de la vida, el vi és el millor cavall. Si mai a la meva sort s’escaigués una desgràcia, pensaria aleshores: al món cap rosa floreix sense espines.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2018 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Ludwig Reissig (1784 - 1847), "Der Zufriedene"
This text was added to the website: 2018-12-22
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