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by Gerhard Anton von Halem (1752 - 1819)

Das Leben gleichet der Blume
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Das Leben gleichet der Blume:
So sagen die Weisen; wohlan!
So laßt denn die Blume uns pflegen;
Doch schreck' uns nicht Donner, nicht Regen:
Weit frischer blühet sie dann!

Das Leben gleichet der Reise:
So sagen die Weisen; wohlan!
Seid stets denn des Rufes gewärtig,
Und haltet zur Reise euch fertig:
Weit sich'rer reiset sich's dann!

Das Leben gleichet dem Traume:
So sagen die Weisen; wohlan!
So laßt, eh' die Augen wir schließen,
Die Freuden uns dankbar genießen:
Weit sel'ger träumt es sich dann!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Gerhard Anton von Halem (1752 - 1819), no title [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 Franz Jacob Freystädtler (1761 - 1841), "Trinklied", 1795, from Sechs Lieder der besten deutschen Dichter, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Johann Albrecht Muck (1763 - 1839), "Trinklied", published [1793], Leipzig: Gedruckt in der Breitkopfischen notendruckerey [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Friedrich Rungenhagen (1778 - 1851), "Gleichnisse", op. 21 (Vier Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen) no. 1, published 1824 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Berlin, T. Trautwein; in Tafel-Lieder für Männerstimmen: Für die Liedertafel zu Berlin, von C. F. Rungenhagen, Heft II, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Peter Joseph Lindpaintner.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-28
Line count: 15
Word count: 84

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