Kommt dir ein Schmerz, so halte still
Und frage, was er von dir will.
Die ew'ge Liebe schickt dir keinen
[Bloß]1 darum, daß du [mögest]2 weinen.

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¹ Samson-Himmelstiern: "Nur"
² Samson-Himmelstiern: "möchtest"

Text Authorship:

• by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Sprüche [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 Oscar von Samson-Himmelstiern , "Kommt dir ein Schmerz", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, München, Aibl. [sung text checked 1 time]

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