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Und Menschen, welche sich begreifen, sind einmal hier und einmal dort; und müssen immer weiter schweifen und haben keinen Heimatsort. Sie treffen sich in seltnen Stunden und blicken tief und zittern bang und ziehen, wenn sie sich gefunden, ein jeder seinen Weg entlang. Und ein Gefühl ist im Verzichte und eine Wohlfahrt im Verklingen! Erinnerung wird zum Geleit. Vielleicht verstricken sich im Lichte der Menschenwege weite Schlingen noch einmal in der Ewigkeit.
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Text Authorship:
- by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965) [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 Elisabeth Schultz (1846 - 1926), as E. Adaïewsky, "In Memoriam", 1907, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from 24 Präludien für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 16, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In memoriam", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-08-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 72
And people, who understand each other, Are sometimes here and sometimes there; And must ever drift onward And have no place to call home. The meet in rare hours And gaze deeply and tremble anxiously And wander, when they have found each other, Each along his own pathway. And there is an emotion in renunciation And a weal in the dying away! Memory becomes a companion. Perhaps the broad loops of human pathways Shall knit themselves together in the light, One day in eternity.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965)
This text was added to the website: 2015-12-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 84