Ist nicht heilig mein Herz, schöneren...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG ENG FRE
Ist nicht heilig mein Herz, schöneren Lebens voll,
Seit ich liebe? Warum achtetet ihr mich mehr,
Da ich stolzer und wilder,
Wortereicher und leerer war?
Ach! der Menge gefällt, was auf den Markplatz taugt,
Und es ehret der Knecht nur den Gewaltsamen;
An das Göttliche glauben
Die allein, die es selber sind.
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Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Menschenbeifall", op. 61 no. 1, published 1963, from Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "Ist nicht heilig mein Herz", 1942 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst-Lothar von Knorr (1896 - 1973), "Menschenbeifall", 1952 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Wetz (1875 - 1935), "Menschenbeifall", op. 27 (Vier Lieder und Gesänge für mittlere Stimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 1, published 1911 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fr. Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , no title, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Public's applause", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , no title, copyright © 2014, (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.
Line count: 8
Word count: 52
Public's applause
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Is not holy my heart, filled by a happier life
since I love? And for what did you respect me then,
when much prouder and wilder,
fuller of words and more vacant I was?
Shame! The masses enjoy only the goods at the fair,
and the servant obeys master's violence only.
Those that believe the divine
are but the ones that are so themselves.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 64