Liederlust
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es giebt [noch]1 auf Erden
Der Freuden genug,
Für Junge beim Tanze,
Für Alte beim Krug!
Doch Freude für Alle,
Für Jung und für Alt,
Ist da, wo im Kreise
Ein Liedchen erschallt!
Die Alten, die singen
Die Lieder im Baß
Und schauen vergnügter
Als je in das Glas.
Mild lächelt von ferne
Vergangenes Glück;
Im Lied kehrt den Alten
Die Jugend zurück!
Und gar erst die Jugend! --
O lustiger Klang!
Wo gäb's einen Frühling
Wol ohne Gesang?
Ja, Freude für Alle,
Für Jung und für Alt,
Ist da, wo im Kreise
Ein Liedchen erschallt!
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Emil Rittershaus, Siebente Auflage, Breslau: Verlag von Eduard Trewendt, 1883, pages 367-368.
1 Schiller: "wohl"; further changes may exist not shown above.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Liederlust", op. 169 (Neun Gesänge für S., A., T. und B.) no. 2, published 1875 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Schiller (flourished 1861-1885), "Liederlust", op. 31 (Drei Lieder für hohe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1885 [ high voice and piano ], Koburg, Schiller [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) Oskar Wermann (1840 - 1906), "Liederlust", op. 19 (Gesänge für Soprano, Alt, Tenor und Bass), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1878 [ satb quartet ], Dresden: Plötner & Meinhold [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Joy of songs", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Joy of songs
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
[There are still]1 upon earth
Joys enough,
For the young at the dance,
For the old at the tankard!
But joy for everyone,
For the young and for the old,
Is there where in a circle
A little song rings out!
The old, they sing
The songs in bass
And gaze more contendedly
Then ever into the glass.
From far away, gently smiling,
Is past happiness;
In the song the old ones
See the return of their youth!
And then the young ones! –
Oh merry sound!
Where would there be a springtime
Without song?
Yes, joy for everyone,
For the young and for the old,
Is there where in a circle
A little song rings out!
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1 Schiller: "Verily, there are"
Text Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-13
Line count: 24
Word count: 118