Gesanges Erwachen

Könnt' ich einmal wieder singen,
Wär' ich wiederum gesund,
Aber noch will's Herz zerspringen,
Und im Trauern schweigt der Mund.

Kaum, daß die so leise Klage
Aus dem vollen Busen drang,
Wie an einem Wintertage
Oft schon halb ein Vogel sang.

Wie aus Wolken eng verschlossen
Halb oft dringt ein Sonnenblick,
Bald von Regen übergossen,
Wiederkehrt in sich zurück,

Also hellte mein Gemüte
Ach nur kurz ein lichter Traum,
Und vom aufgeweckten Liede
Hallten diese Töne kaum.

Translation(s): DUT ENG FRE

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Confirmed with Justinus Kerner Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, pages 190-191

Authorship

• by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Gesanges Erwachen", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Gesanges Erwachen", 1827-28 [voice and piano], from Elf Jugendlieder, no. 3, note: published as "op. posth. 21", no. 5, in 1933, Wien (Vienna), Universal Edition [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ontwakend gezang", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song's awakening", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Réveil du chant", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Song's awakening

If I could but sing again,
I would be well once more,
But still my heart wishes to burst,
And in mourning my lips fall silent.

This so quiet lament had barely
Left my fraught breast,
As upon a winter's day
Oft a bird already half sings.

As when through clouds, tightly gathered,
Oft half shines forth a glimpse of sun,
But soon deluged with rain,
It returns into itself,

Thus my soul was, ah, only briefly illumined
By a bright dream,
And from the awakened song
These sounds barely echoed.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Gesanges Erwachen", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte DUT FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Robert Schumann. Go to the text.

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