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by Christian Ludwig Reissig (1784 - 1847)

Der Zufriedene
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Zwar schuf das Glück hienieden
Mich weder reich noch groß,
Allein ich bin zufrieden,
Wie mit dem [schönsten]1 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.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Marschner 

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Confirmed with Blümchen der Einsamkeit. Von Christian Ludwig Reissig. Wien, auf Kosten und im Verlag bey Johann Baptist Wallishausser. 1809, page 62.

1 Marschner: "besten"

Text 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 Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Der Zufriedene" [ vocal quartet for male voices a cappella ], from Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen a capella, no. 4, unpublished, from a manuscript in the composer's estate in the Austrian National Library [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825), "Der Zufriedene", published 1816 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [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 page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 76

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