Wie konnt' ich ruhig geh'n? Ich wusste nicht, was meiner wartet, was mir gescheh'n wird, wenn die Bäume in Blüte steh'n, und wusste nicht, dass über Taten und Dingen ein Hohes ist, süß und bereit, zu jauchzen, zu singen, silberne Flügel zu schwingen über Zeit, über Leid. Eines, das gütig bleibt, wenn alle verdammen, eines, das göttlich bleibt, Blumen aus Asche treibt, Schnee aus Flammen. Weg, nun sei bedroht, sei von Sturm umtost; noch in Sturm und Not, noch in Nacht und Tod ist Trost
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Authorship:
- by Ernst Lothar (Müller) (1890 - 1974) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Das Mädchen singt in den Abend", op. 55 (Zehn Lieder) no. 1, published [1918] [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: C.F.W. Siegel [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
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