As the fruits flourish on the field | As the fruit only flourishes on the field

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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wie auf dem Feld nur die Frucht gedeiht

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili)

Our translations: ENG

Wie auf dem Feld nur die Frucht gedeiht,
Wenn sie Sonne und Regen hat,
Also die Taten des Menschen nur,
Wenn er Glück und Segen hat!

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Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Lieder der Klage, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Wie auf dem Feld nur die Frucht gedeiht", op. 100 (Zehn Gesänge) no. 9 (1868) [ vocal trio for female voices with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "As the fruits flourish on the field", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-11-22
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As the fruits flourish on the field

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

As the fruit only flourishes on the field
When it has sun and rain,
Thus do the deeds of mankind [flourish] only
When he has good fortune and blessings!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Lieder der Klage, no. 4
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili) by Mirzə Şəfi Vazeh (1794 - 1852) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 29