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Lachen und Weinen zu jeglicher Stunde Ruht bei der Lieb' auf so mancherlei Grunde. Morgens lacht' ich vor Lust; Und warum ich nun weine Bei des Abendes Scheine, Ist mir selb' nicht bewußt. Weinen und Lachen zu jeglicher Stunde Ruht bei der Lieb' auf so mancherlei Grunde. Abends weint' ich vor Schmerz; Und warum du erwachen Kannst am Morgen mit Lachen, Muß ich dich fragen, o Herz.
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Confirmed with Oestliche Rosen von Friedrich Rückert. Drei Lesen. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1822, page 132; and with Gesammelte Gedichte von Friedrich Rückert. Vierter Band. Erlangen, Verlag von Carl Heyder. 1837, page 111.
Note: The poem was first published 1822 in Rückert's Oestliche Rosen where all the poems have no titles. In subsequent editions (Erlangen, 1837: Gesammelte Gedichte, Frankfurt a. M., 1868: Gesammelte Poetische Werke) this poem got the title Lachens und Weinens Grund.
Authorship
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Lachens und Weinens Grund", appears in Östliche Rosen, in 1. Erste Lese, first published 1822 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Lachen und Weinen", op. 13 (Acht Lieder) no. 1 (1999) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Lachen und Weinen", op. 59 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, D 777 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lachen en huilen", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Laughter and tears", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Rire et pleurer", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Gáire is caoineadh", copyright © 2014, (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: 2003-10-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 67
Laughter and tears at any hour rest on Love in so many ways. In the morning I laugh for joy, and why I now weep in the evening glow, is something unknown to me. Tears and laughter at any hour rest on Love in so many ways. In the evening I weep for sorrow; and why you can awake in the morning with laughter, I must ask you, o my heart!
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Lachens und Weinens Grund", appears in Östliche Rosen, in 1. Erste Lese, first published 1822
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 71