by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)
Totenklage See original
Language: German (Deutsch)
O daß du wardst hinweggenommen,
Zu kehren nimmermehr zurück!
Von einem Meere fortgeschwommen
Ist seitdem all mein, all mein Glück!
Vergebens blick' ich nach dem fernen
Azurnen Himmel, rufend dir.
Antwortete von all den Sternen
Doch einer nur: "Er ist bei mir!"
...
Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 212.
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Composition:
- Set to music by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Totenklage", stanzas 1-2
Text Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, in Des Bruders Tod, no. 3
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Oh, that you were taken away", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Plainte sur les morts", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-05-25
Line count: 20
Word count: 118