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by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781)

Der Hamster und die Ameise
Language: German (Deutsch) 
»Ihr armseligen Ameisen«, sagte ein Hamster. »Verlohnt es sich der
Mühe, dass ihr den ganzen Sommer arbeitet, um ein so Weniges
einzusammeln? Wenn ihr meinen Vorrat sehen solltet!«

»Höre«, antwortete eine Ameise, »wenn er größer ist, als du ihn
brauchst, so ist es schon recht, dass die Menschen dir nachgraben,
deine Scheuern ausleeren und dich deinen räuberischen Geiz mit dem
Leben büßen lassen!«

Note: this is a prose text. Line breaks have been added.


Text Authorship:

  • by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781), "Der Hamster und die Ameise", appears in Fabeln [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 Edvard Moritz (1891 - 1974), "Der Hamster und die Ameise", op. 28 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Fabeln von G.E. Lessing, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-03-10
Line count: 7
Word count: 63

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