by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Gutes tu rein aus des Guten Liebe!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Gutes tu rein aus des Guten Liebe! Das überliefre deinem Blut. Und wenn's den Kindern nicht verbliebe, Den Enkeln kommt es doch zu gut.
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 6. Buch der Sprüche -- Hikmet Nameh [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Gutes tu rein aus des Guten Liebe!", 1905, fragment [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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