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Ich kenne ein Kämmerlein still und tief, Wo Mancher schon schläft, wo Mancher schon schlief, Wo Jeder noch schlafen wird ohne Traum, -- Ja, schlafen ohne Odem im engen Raum. Da unten im Kämmerlein brennet kein Licht, Da leuchtet nur blaß des Schläfers Gesicht, Da schlägt keine Glocke, kein Puls, kein Herz, Da schwärmt keine Freude, da weinet kein Schmerz. Doch oben im Grase, da flüstert und weht Ein Wort, das die gläubige Seele versteht, Und auch auf dem Kreuzlein erschaut man das Wort Und Alles umfaßt es, -- es heißet ja: "dort!"
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Confirmed with Pharus am Meere des Lebens. Anthologie für Geist und Herz aus den Werken deutscher und ausländischer Schriftsteller älterer und neuerer Zeit, Nach den Materien alphabetisch geordnet und herausgegeben von Carl Contelle, Band II, Sechste Auflage, Iserlohn: Verlag von J. Bädeker, 1879, pages 470-471.
Text Authorship:
- by (Friedrich) Ludwig Würkert (1800 - 1876), no title [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 Karl Barthel , "Dort", published 1893 [ low voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für eine tiefere Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin: Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Christoph Theodor Behrens (1808 - 1873), "Dort!", op. 10 (Gesänge und Lieder für Bass oder Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1842 [ bass or baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giovanni Battista Gordigiani (1795 - 1871), "Ich kenne ein Kämmerlein still", op. 12 (Terzetten für Sopran, Tenor, und Bass mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1839 [ vocal trio for soprano, tenor, and bass with piano ], Prag, Berra [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Over there!", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 91
I know a little chamber, silent and deep, Where many a person already sleeps, where many a person already slept, Where everyone shall yet sleep without dreams, -- Yes, sleep without breathing in a confined space. Down there in the chamber no light glows, Only the sleeper's face glows palely, No bell tolls there, no pulse, no heart beats, No joy rhapsodizes, no pain weeps there. But above in the grass a single word whispers And wafts, a word that the believer's soul understands, And also upon the little cross one espies the word -- And it encompasses everything -- for it is: "over there!"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by (Friedrich) Ludwig Würkert (1800 - 1876), no title
This text was added to the website: 2023-04-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 102