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by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781)

Die Faulheit
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Fleiß und Arbeit lob ich nicht.
Fleiß und Arbeit [lob] 1 ein Bauer.
[Ja, der Bauer selber spricht,
Fleiß und Arbeit wird ihm sauer.] 2
Faul zu sein, sei meine Pflicht;
Diese Pflicht ermüdet nicht.
Bruder, laß das Buch voll Staub.
Willst du länger mit ihm wachen?
[Morgen bist du selber Staub! ] 2
Laß uns faul in allen Sachen,
[Nur nicht faul zu Lieb und Wein,] 3
Nur nicht faul zur Faulheit sein.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Schale 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Schale: "lobt"
2 omitted by Schale

Text Authorship:

  • by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781), "Die Faulheit", appears in Lieder [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Die Faulheit", 2012 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Christian Friedrich Schale (1713 - 1800), "Die Faulheit" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 74

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