by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)
Wenn Glück auf Dich
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Wenn Glück auf Dich Hernieder glitt, Eh's rasch entwich In flücht'gem Tritt, Nimm's mit. Streut Dir auf's Haupt Ein Blatt der West, Im Flug geraubt, Vom Thau genäßt, Halt's fest! Laß immerdar Dir Gaben weih'n. [Sollt's Manna sein]1, Fang's ein! Doch hält ein Herz Mit Deinem Schritt, Das gern um Liebe Alles litt, Dann Glückskind Du, Merk' auf, greif' zu, [Halt's fest, fang's ein]2, nimm's mit!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Peter Cornelius, Gedichte, eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 88.
1 da Motta: "Sollt' es Manna sein" ; Ritter: "Und wenn es gar/ Sollt' Manna sein" ; in another edition Cornelius has "Sollt's Manna gar/ Vom Himmel sein"2 in another edition, Cornelius has "Fang's ein, halt's fest" here and uses this line as the title.
Authorship:
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Halt's fest, fang's ein, nimm's mit!", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Lieder [author's text checked 2 times 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- by José Vianna da Motta (1868 - 1948), "Guter Rath" [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder von Peter Cornelius, no. 2, unpublished; the manuscript of this group of songs is labelled op. 10, but a different set of songs is published under that opus number [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Ritter (1833 - 1896), "Nimm's mit!", op. 16 (Fünf Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 (1890-1), published 1891 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-07-10
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