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by Alfons Petzold (1882 - 1923)

Der tote Arbeiter
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Meine Not ist zu Ende
und all meine Qual, -
köstliche Erde hüllt die ruhenden Hände
und mein Leib ist worden ein leuchtender Sonnenstrahl.

[Als ich noch lebte:
O, wie ich da nach Sonne und Erde strebte!]1
Erde und Sonne! Wie oft habe ich darum gebeten,
[mußt ich]2 in Dumpfheit und Schwere die Drehbank treten.
Hob ich den Blick zur Schau auf glühendes Land,
fraß ihn das russige Dunkel der Werkstättenwand.

Nun aber berge
ich Sonne und Erde in meinen trunkenen Blick, -
Brüder, Brüder: erst im Reiche der Särge
blüht empor unser wahres Menschengeschick.

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•   E. Zeisl 

E. Zeisl sets stanzas 1-2

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1 omitted by Zeisl.
2 Zeisl: "mußte"

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfons Petzold (1882 - 1923), "Der tote Arbeiter" [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 Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Der tote Arbeiter", stanzas 1-2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2022-03-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 95

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