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Viele Lieb hab ich erlebet, Wenn ich lieblos gestrebet; Und Verdrießliches erworben, Wenn ich fast für Lieb gestorben. So du es zusammengezogen, Bleibet Saldo dir gewogen.
Authorship
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Der Saldo" [author's text not yet checked 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Der Saldo", 2009 [soprano and piano], from Sieben Goethe-liederchen, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Account balance", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 26
I have felt much love, When I reached out loveless; And much irritation earned, When I almost died for love. So is it always seemingly this way, That things tend to balance themselves out.
Authorship
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Account balance", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Der Saldo"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 34