Vain worries of the future

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by Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680 - 1747)

Translation © by Hayden Muhl

Künftger Zeiten eitler Kummer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Künftger Zeiten eitler Kummer
Stört nicht unsern sanften Schlummer;
Ehrgeiz hat uns nie besiegt.
Mit dem unbesorgten Leben,
Das der Schöpfer uns gegeben,
Sind wir ruhig und vergnügt.

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Text Authorship:

by Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680 - 1747), no title, appears in Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott, in Der Mittag [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 Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759), "Künftger Zeiten eitler Kummer", HWV. 202, from Neun deutsche Arien, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Temps venidors de mers sofriments", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Hayden Muhl) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Vain worries of the future

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Vain worries of the future
Do not disturb our gentle sleep;
Ambition never defeated us.
With the unworried life,
that the Creator gave us,
we are peaceful and cheerful.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680 - 1747), no title, appears in Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott, in Der Mittag
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This text was added to the website: 2012-01-15
Line count: 6
Word count: 29