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by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781)

Hymnus
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Lobt mir Davids weisen Sohn!
Auch bei Lieb' und Wein und Scherzen
War er doch nach Gottes Herzen.
Brüder, lobt den Salomon,
Brüder, laßt sein Lob erschallen,
Doch vor allen
Lobt mir seinen weisen Schluß:
Wer viel lernt, hat viel Verdruß!

Diese laßt mir Wahrheit sein
Diese Wahrheit stets zu lieben,
Hat mich die Natur getrieben,
Die Natur und Lieb' und Wein.
Ehrt mit mir den weisen König!
Lernet wenig!
Brüder, und erwägt den Schluß:
War viel lernt, hat viel Verdruß!

Text Authorship:

  • by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781) [author's text not yet checked 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 Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Hymnus", op. 27 no. 2 (1926), published 1927, first performed 1927 [4/8-part mixed chorus a cappella], from Epigramme: Fünf Madrigale nach Gedichten von Lessing, no. 2, N. Simorck, Berlin [ sung text verified 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-01-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 81

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