by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)
Warum, o schöne Sonne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Warum, o schöne Sonne, genügst du mir Du Blüte meiner Blüten! am Maitag nicht? Was weiß ich höhers denn? O daß ich lieber wäre, wie Kinder sind! Daß ich, wie Nachtigallen, ein sorglos Lied Von meiner Wonne sänge!
Authorship:
- by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843) [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 Karl Michael Komma (1913 - 2012), "Warum, o schöne Sonne", 1975 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Michael Komma
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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