{"id":29445,"date":"2026-07-28T12:44:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/?p=29445"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:44:46","slug":"freut-euch-des-lebens-von-johann-martin-usteri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/2026\/07\/28\/freut-euch-des-lebens-von-johann-martin-usteri\/","title":{"rendered":"Freut euch des Lebens \u2013 von Johann Martin Usteri"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"heading-2 mb-3 pt-2  lg:pt-1 xl:pt-2.5\">Freut euch des Lebens<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Freut Euch des Lebens<br>Weil noch das L\u00e4mpchen gl\u00fcht,<br>Pfl\u00fccket die Rose,<br>Eh\u2019 sie verbl\u00fcht!<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">So mancher schafft sich Sorg\u2019 und M\u00fch,<br>Sucht Dornen auf, und findet sie,<br>Und l\u00e4\u00dft das Veilchen unbemerkt,<br>Das ihm am Wege bl\u00fcht.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Freut Euch des Lebens \u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Wenn scheu die Sch\u00f6pfung sich verh\u00fcllt,<br>Und lauter Donner ob uns br\u00fcllt,<br>So scheint am Abend, nach dem Sturm,<br>Die Sonne, ach! so sch\u00f6n!<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Freut Euch des Lebens \u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Wer Neid und Missgunst sorgsam flieht,<br>Gen\u00fcgsamkeit im G\u00e4rtchen zieht,<br>Dem schie\u00dft sie bald zum B\u00e4umchen auf,<br>Das goldne Fr\u00fcchte bringt.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Freut Euch des Lebens \u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Wer Redlichkeit und Treue \u00fcbt,<br>Und gern dem \u00e4rmern Bruder giebt,<br>Da siedelt sich Zufriedenheit<br>So gerne bei ihm an.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Freut Euch des Lebens \u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Und wenn der Pfad sich furchtbar engt,<br>Und Missgeschick uns plagt und dr\u00e4ngt,<br>So reicht die holde Freundschaft stets<br>Dem Redlichen die Hand.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Freut Euch des Lebens \u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Sie trocknet ihm die Tr\u00e4nen ab,<br>Und streut ihm Blumen bis in\u2019s Grab;<br>Sie wandelt Nacht in D\u00e4mmerung,<br>Und D\u00e4mmerung in Licht.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Freut Euch des Lebens \u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Sie ist des Lebens sch\u00f6nstes Band,<br>Schlagt, Br\u00fcder, traulich Hand in Hand,<br>So wallt man froh, so wallt man leicht<br>In\u2019s bessre Vaterland.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Johann Martin Usteri (1763\u20131827)<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-5 xl:mb-[15px]\">Das Gedicht findet auch Erw\u00e4hnung als Liedtext in Thomas Manns Roman \u201eBekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull\u201c.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2113,7198],"tags":[11363,11364],"news-destination":[],"news-source":[7],"ta_other":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29447,"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29445\/revisions\/29447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29445"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=29445"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=29445"},{"taxonomy":"ta_other","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/epochtimesde\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ta_other?post=29445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}