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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Wie so leichte läßt sich's leben!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie so leichte läßt sich's leben!
Blond und rot und etwas feist,
Tue wie die andern eben
Daß dich jeder Bruder heißt,
Speise, was die Zeiten geben,
Bis die Zeit auch dich verspeist!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämmtliche Werke. Zweite Auflage. Erster Band. Leipzig, Voigt & Günther. 1864, page 318, with no title, as no. 2 of Sprüche. In Eichendorff's lifetime, this poem was titled "Intermezzo".


Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Intermezzo", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben [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 Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), "Wie so leichte läßt sich's leben!" [ mixed chorus ], from Sprüche von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Linda Godry

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
Line count: 6
Word count: 33

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