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by Wilhelm Busch (1832 - 1908)

Von der Wahrheitsliebe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wer möchte diesen Erdenball
Noch fernerhin betreten,
Wenn wir Bewohner überall
Die Wahrheit sagen täten.

Ihr hießet uns, wir hießen euch
Spitzbuben und Halunken,
Wir sagten uns fatales Zeug,
Noch eh' wir uns betrunken.

Und überall im weiten Land
Als langbewährtes Mittel
Entsproßte aus der Menschenhand
Der treue Knotenknittel.

Da lob' ich mir die Höflichkeit,
Das zierliche Betrügen.
Du weißt Bescheid, ich weiß Bescheid;
Und allen macht's Vergnügen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Busch (1832 - 1908) [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 Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Von der Wahrheitsliebe", op. 72 no. 4 (1937/1957-8), published 1957 [ttbb quartet a cappella], from Satirikon: Vier Aphorismen, no. 4, Kistner & Siegel, Lippstadt [ sung text verified 1 time]

Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Eva Fox-Gal

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 68

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