Maxim | Whether you stick to the old ways

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

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Magst du zu dem Alten halten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Magst du zu dem Alten halten
Oder Altes neu gestalten,
Mein's nur treu und laß Gott walten!

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Text Authorship:

by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Spruch", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Zeitlieder [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 Ernst Pepping (1901 - 1981), "Magst du zu dem Alten halten", published 1930 [ mixed chorus ], from Sprüche und Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe, Rilke und Eichendorff für drei- bis fünfstimmigen gemischten Chor [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Spruch", op. 49 no. 7 (1933) [ baritone, men's chorus, chamber orchestra ], from Kantate. Nach Gedichten von Eichendorff, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Maxim", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2007-08-07
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Word count: 17

Maxim

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Whether you stick to the old ways
Or shape the old ways into something new,
Just mean well and let God work!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Spruch", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Zeitlieder
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-19
Line count: 3
Word count: 22