At the end God sends us suffering | At the end God sends us suffering

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

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Gott schickt am End uns Leiden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Gott schickt am End uns Leiden,
Auf daß uns diese Welt,
Wenn wir nun von ihr scheiden,
Nicht mehr so mächtig hält.

Die Mutter legt den Brüsten
Am End was Bittres bei,
Auf daß des Kinds Gelüsten
Nicht mehr so mächtig sei.

Die Pflanze wird der Blätter
Und Blüten erst beraubt,
Bevor im Herbsteswetter
Sie senkt ihr müdes Haupt.

Was willst du dich beschweren,
Daß welk die Freuden sind?
Du darfst nicht mehr begehren,
Mein Herz, als Kraut und Kind.

Confirmed with: Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 217.

Text Authorship:

by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Gott schickt am End' uns Leiden", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [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by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Gott schickt am End uns Leiden", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the end God sends us suffering", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-18
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Word count: 80

At the end God sends us suffering

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

At the end God sends us suffering,
So that this world,
When we now part from it,
Does not hold us so mightily anymore.

The mother places on her breasts
At the end a bitter substance,
So that the desire of the child
Is no longer so great.

The plant is first robbed
Of its leaves and flowers,
Before, in the autumn weather,
It bows its tired head.

Why do you wish to complain
That your joys have wilted?
You must not desire to have more,
My heart, than herbs and children.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Gott schickt am End' uns Leiden", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2015-01-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 92