by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)
Die Schönheit ist den Kindern eigen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die Schönheit ist den Kindern eigen, Ist Gottes Ebenbild vielleicht; Ihr Eigentum ist Ruh und Schweigen, Das Engeln auch zum Lob gereicht.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Auf den Tod eines Kindes", appears in Späteste Gedichte 1806-1843 [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 Olivier Greif (1950 - 2000), "Die Schönheit", op. 270 no. 4 (1991) [ voice and piano ], from Wie Vögel…, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Auf den Tod eines Kindes", from Hölderlin-Lieder: Zweiter Zyklus, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "On the death of a child", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "La beauté", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 22