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by Eduard Merkt (1852 - 1908)

Der Träne Silbertau
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Freud und Leid die Beiden liegen
auf dem Lebensweg beisamm,
beide muss man sie besiegen
wie den Jubel so den Gram.
Einen Freund die beiden haben
dieser hat die schöne Pflicht,
und die ist gewiss erhaben,
weil er stets für Beide spricht.
Sei's in Freude oder Schmerzen,
mächtig rüttelt er die Herzen;
ob jetzt ernst, ob froh die Stund,
er gibt still an beiden Kund!
Das ist der Tränen Silbertau,
der aus dem Herz bricht dann,
wenn gramgebeugt, wenn freudumwogt,
der Mund nichts sagen kann!

Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Merkt (1852 - 1908) [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 Wilhelm Aletter (1867 - 1934), "Der Träne Silbertau" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Franz Lehár.

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Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 85

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