Heuchler (Haller, set by G. Telemann) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


O Heiliger, dein Ruhm
geht billig an die sterne,
und zum Diogenes
fehlt dir noch die Laterne.
Ach! kennte doch die Welt
das Herze, wie den Mund!
wie wenig gleichen oft
die Taten ihrem Grund'?
Du beugst den Hals umsonst:
die Ehre, die du meidest,
die Ehr' ist doch der Gott,
für den du alles leidest.

Input by Poppy Holden

Authorship

Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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