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by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)

Buntes Treiben!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Buntes Treiben!
Wirre Welt!
Wo zu bleiben
Dir gefällt,
Mußt du scheiden
Du erleiden,
Mußt du fort!
Und am Ort,
Von dem gerne
Du zur Ferne
Möchtest eilen,
Mußt du weilen!

Tolle Fahrt
Durch dieses Leben!
Die ihr eben
Fröhlich war’t
Noch mit andern,
Müßt nun wandern!
Trennungsweh!
Ob ihr je,
Wenn ihr auseinandergeht,
Euch wiederseht?

Buntes Treiben!
Wirre Welt!
Eins nur hält,
Eins muß bleiben,
Muß den weiten
Weg uns lenken,
Muß zum Schreiten
Kraft uns schenken:
Schöner Tage
Frohe Sage,
Schöner Zeiten
Angedenken.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Buntes Treiben - tolle Fahrt" [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 Richard Kleinmichel (1846 - 1901), "Buntes Treiben! wirre Welt", op. 32 (Acht Lieder für Frauenchor mit willkührlich Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1879 [ women's chorus and piano ad libitum ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2015-01-25
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