A child's song
(Poet's title: Lied eines Kindes)
Set by Schubert:
D 596
fragment[November 1817]
Lauter Freude fühl ich,
Lauter Liebe hör ich,
Ich so überglücklich
Fröhlich spielend Kind.
Dort der gute Vater,
Hier die liebe Mutter,
Rundherum wir Kinder
Froh und fröhlich sind.
I can feel intense joy,
I can hear intense love,
I am more than happy,
A child playing merrily.
There is my good father,
Here is my loving mother,
All around we children
Are happy and merry.
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Themes and images in this text:
Children and childhood Father and child Games and play Mother and child
Whoever wrote this, we can be fairly certain it was NOT a child. It has all the hallmarks of being the smug fantasy of a possessive parent.
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