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So arm ist keine Heide Und so verlassen ganz, Es grüßt in ihrem Leide Sie traut des Mondes Glanz. Und scheut sich auch die Sonne, Zu nahn der stummen Qual, O sieh, wie lacht voll Wonne Zur Nacht das öde Thal! So arm [ist und]1 vergessen Kein Herz auf Erden je, Es will der Herr ermessen Vom Himmel mild sein Weh. Und weiß für's tiefste Grauen Kein Mensch ein tröstend Wort, Zur Wehmuth mag's zerthauen Vor Gottes Huld sofort!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 161.
1 Schletterer: "und so"Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Mondaufgang im Winter", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 161 [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 Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Februar. Mondaufgang", op. 51 no. 2, published 1882 [ ssa chorus ], from Die Monate. 12 dreistimmige Chorgesänge für 2 Sopran und Alt ohne Begleitung. Zum Gebrauch in höheren Schulen und Gesangvereinen, no. 2, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-10-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 81
There is no heath so forlorn And so utterly forsaken; In its suffering, the moon's radiance Greets it lovingly. And though the sun may be unwilling To draw near to the mute agony, Oh see how the desolate valley Laughs full of bliss at night! No heart on earth is ever So forlorn [and]1 forgotten; From Heaven the Lord wishes Gently to measure its hurt. And if for the deepest horror No human knows a comforting word, Before God's beneficence it may Immediately melt to melancholy!
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View text without footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Mondaufgang im Winter" = "Moonrise in winter"
"Februar. Mondaufgang" = "February. Moonrise"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Mondaufgang im Winter", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 161
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 88