Mein ewiges Lied bist du

Voll glühender Liebeswonne, träumend von Küssen allein,
stürmt' ich über die Fluren im goldenen Mondenschein.
Da rauschten so lustig die Blüten, die Vöglein hatten nicht Ruh',
mitsingen musst' ich und jauchzte: mein ewiges Lied bist du.

Schwarz hingen Wolken am Himmel, Donner murmelten fern,
trüb' in dem Spätrot barg sich der flimmernde Abendstern.
Welkende Blüten wehte ein kalter Sturm mir zu;
heimlich und stille sang ich: mein ewiges Lied bist du.

Submitted by Peter Donderwinkel

Authorship

• by Karl Heinrich Preller (1830 - 1890) [ 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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Mein ewiges Lied bist du", op. 124 no. 2, published 1873. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Julius Witt , "Mein ewiges Lied bist du", op. 47, published 1886 [men's chorus], Berlin, Bahn [
   text not verified 
  ]

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