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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Dank im Alter
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Sagt! wo sind sie hingekommen,
Die ich in der Jugend sah?
Hat der Tod sie all' genommen?
Wenige nur sind noch da!

Soll ich trauern, soll ich klagen?
Danken soll ich, daß solang
Mich die Erde hat getragen,
Während andre sie verschlang;

Daß ich vollauf hab' getrunken
Aus dem Kelche der Natur,
Ganz ihr an das Herz gesunken,
Während andre nippten nur!

Daß das Leben übergossen
Mich mit Wonne und mit Pein;
Denn, so ist's: wo Rosen sprossen,
Müssen auch die Dornen sein.

Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 227.


Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Dank im Alter", appears in Der letzte Blütenstrauß [author's text checked 1 time 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  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Dank im Alter", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Gratitude in old age", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Remerciements dans la vieillesse", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

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