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Rosen pflücke, Rosen blühn, Morgen ist nicht heut! Keine Stunde laß entfliehn, Flüchtig ist die Zeit. [Trink, küsse! Sieh]1 es ist Heut Gelegenheit! Weißt du, wo du morgen bist? Flüchtig ist die Zeit. Aufschub einer guten Tat Hat schon oft [gereut]2! Hurtig leben ist mein Rat, Flüchtig ist die Zeit.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Berg, Nägeli: "Trink und küsse: sieh"
2 Berg: "bereut"
Authorship
- by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803), "An Leukon" [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Leukon", alternate title: "An Leukon", 1908, published 1937 [voice and piano], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 79. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Guter Rath", c1795-7, published 1797 [voice and piano], in Lieder in Musik gesetzt, Zürich: im Verlage des Verfassers, pages 28-29 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À Leukon", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Til Leukon", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Jakob Kellner
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Cueille les roses, les roses sont en fleurs, Demain n'est pas aujourd'hui ! Ne laisse aucune heure s'échapper, Le temps est fugitif ! Bois et donne des baisers : Regarde, aujourd'hui c'est l'occasion ; Sais-tu où tu seras demain ? Le temps est fugitif ! L'ajournement d'une bonne action A déjà souvent conduit au remords. Mon conseil est de vivre vite, Le temps est fugitif !
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803), "An Leukon"
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-10
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Word count: 66