Meditazione 4 dalle "Meditazioni del viandante" | Saluta l'allodola il primo raggio

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

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Die Lerche grüßt den ersten Strahl

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Die Lerche grüßt den ersten Strahl,
Daß er die Brust ihr zünde,
Wenn träge Nacht noch überall
Durchschleicht die tiefen Gründe.

Und du willst, Menschenkind, der Zeit
Verzagend unterliegen?
Was ist dein kleines Erdenleid?
Du mußt es überfliegen!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's Werke. Erster Theil. Gedichte. Berlin. Verlegt von M. Simion. 1841, page 46; and with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämmtliche Werke. Zweite Auflage. Erster Band. Leipzig, Voigt & Günther. 1864, page 279.

Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Wandersprüche, no. 4, Berlin, Duncker und Humblot, first published 1837 [author's text checked 2 times 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 (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832 - 1903), "Wanderspruch", op. 2 (6 vierstimmige Gesänge für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 1, published 1856 [ SATB quartet ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Die Lerche grüßt den ersten Strahl", op. 28, Heft 1 no. 8, published 1921, first performed 1922 [ satb quartet and orchestra ], from Von deutscher Seele - Teil I - Mensch und Natur, no. 8, Adolph Fürstner, Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Die Lerche grüßt den ersten Strahl", op. 42 no. 4 (1928) [ voice, piano, clarinet, horn, percussion ], from Wandersprüche: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 4, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Meditazione 4 dalle "Meditazioni del viandante"", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-02
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Meditazione 4 dalle "Meditazioni del viandante"

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Saluta l'allodola il primo raggio
Perché il suo cuore accende,
Mentre ancora la notte dappertutto
Striscia attraverso le valli profonde.
 
E tu vorresti, piccolo uomo, al tempo
Che passa, scoraggiato soccombere?
Quanto conta il tuo piccolo dolore terreno?
Devi trovare la forza di superarlo!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Wandersprüche, no. 4, Berlin, Duncker und Humblot, first published 1837
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 44