Die Zufriedenheit
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE ITA NOR
Wie sanft, wie ruhig fühl' ich hier
Des Lebens Freuden ohne Sorgen!
Und sonder Ahnung leuchtet mir
Willkommen jeder Morgen.
Mein frohes, mein zufried'nes Herz
Tanzt nach der Melodie der Haine,
Und angenehm ist selbst mein Schmerz,
Wenn ich vor Liebe weine.
Wie sehr lach' ich die Großen aus,
Die Blutvergießer, Helden, Prinzen!
Denn mich beglückt ein kleines Haus,
Sie nicht einmal Provinzen.
Wie wüten sie nicht wider sich,
Die göttergleichen Herr'n der Erden!
Doch brauchen sie mehr Raum als ich,
Wenn sie begraben werden?
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Tevredenheid", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Contentment", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le contentement", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Accontentarsi", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Tilfredshet", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 85
Contentment
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
How peaceful, how tranquil I am here
feeling life's joys free of care!
And - without foreboding - the dawn
welcomes me each day.
My joyous, my contented heart
dances to the groves' melody,
and even that pain is acceptable
when I cry tears of love.
How I laugh at the Great,
the blood-shedders, heroes, princes!
For I am happy with a small house,
whereas they are not even pleased with provinces.
How they rage against each other,
the god-like Masters of the Earth!
Will they, however, need more space than I
when they are buried?
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This text was added to the website: 2009-06-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 96