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by Christine Lavant (1915 - 1973)

Wer wird mir hungern helfen diese Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wer wird mir hungern helfen diese Nacht
und alle Nächte, die vielleicht noch kommen?
Der runde Mond macht einen großen Bogen
weit von mir weg, ich bin ihm schon zu schmal.

So gerne ließe ich die Augen jetzt
wie Kieselsteine aus dem Fenster fallen,
dass ein [Betrunk'ner]1, drunten auf der Straße,
sie tief hineintritt in den ersten Schnee.

Doch selbst als Blinde würde ich ja noch
von allem wissen ud dich immer wieder
fortgehen sehen, denn es steigen Funken
wie Hungersterne mir vom Weinen auf.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. von Zieritz 

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Confirmed with Christine Lavant, Zu Lebzeiten veröffentlichte Gedichte.

1 Zieritz: "Betrunkener"

Text Authorship:

  • by Christine Lavant (1915 - 1973), no title, appears in Zu Lebzeiten veröffentlichte 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 Grete von Zieritz (1899 - 2001), "Wer wird mir hungern helfen diese Nacht" [ coloratura soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon ], from Lieder zum Mond, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2024-07-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 87

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