Höchstes Glück ist doch, zu spenden Denen, die es schwerer haben Und beschwingt mit frohen Händen Auszustreun die schönen Gaben. Schöner ist doch keine Rose, Als das Antlitz des Beschenkten, Wenn gefüllet sich, o große Freude, seine Hände senkten. Nichts macht doch so gänzlich heiter, Als zu helfen allen, allen! Geb ich, was ich hab, nicht weiter, Kann es mir doch nicht gefallen.
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Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956) [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 Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903 - 1969), "Vom Glück des Gebens", published 1953 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "The joy of giving", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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