Allem, was da Lust auf Erden bringt, ist...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Allem, was da Lust auf Erden [bringt]1, ist ein Leiden angehänget:
Das kühle Wasser, das verschlingt, das warme Feuer senget,
Gelehrsamkeit hat sauern Schweiß und Kriegsruhm blut'gen Kummer,
Und Ehre hat mehr Neid als Preis und Reichthum keinen Schlummer.
Die Schönheit, die hat Eitelkeit und Frömmigkeit hat Stumpfheit,
Gesellschaft hat Zerfahrenheit und Einsamkeit hat Dumpfheit:
Nur wer die rechte Minne kennt, der hat, weß er lobsinget,
Der hat ein Feuer, das nicht [brennt]2, ein Wasser, das nicht [schlinget]3,
Der hat ein' Rose dornenlos, ein Licht ohn' alles Dunkel,
Der hat im düstern Erdenschooß den leuchtenden Carfunkel.
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1 Ritter: "bringet"
2 in some editions of Dahn: "verbrennt"
3 Ritter: "schlingt"; in some editions of Dahn: "verschlinget"
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To everything that brings joy upon earth", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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To everything that brings joy upon earth
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
To everything that brings joy upon earth, a suffering is attached;
The cool water, it drowns, the warm fire singes,
[To achieve] learnedness requires hard labour and fame in war requires bloody suffering
And honour comes with more jealousy than praise, and riches preclude slumber.
Beauty comes with conceit, and piety with stupor,
Companionship results in absentmindedness and solitude in dullness:
Only they who know true love, they have that which they praise rejoicingly,
They have a fire that does not [burn]1, a water that does not [drown one]2,
They have a thornless rose, a light without any darkness,
In the murky depths of the earth they have the glowing carbuncle.
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1 in some editions of Dahn: "consume"
2 Ritter and in some editions of Dahn: "swallow one up"
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-30
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