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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Was mir soviel vom Tage stiehlt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Was mir so viel vom Tage stiehlt,
Das ist das liebe Singen.
Wenn Frühlicht mein Gemach durchspielt,
Kann ich kein'n Ernst vollbringen. 

Dann pfeif ich mir und sing ich mir,
Und dann streck ich die Arme zur Sonne,
Und werde lachend Kind und Tier
In eitel Daseinswonne. 

Confirmed with Christian Morgenstern, Ich und die Welt, Berlin: Schuster & Loeffler, 1898, page 143.


Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Was mir so viel vom Tage stiehlt ... ", appears in Ich und Du, Berlin: Schuster & Loeffler, first published 1898 [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 Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "Was mir so viel vom Tage stiehlt", 1928/29 [ soprano and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Texten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 3, Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Was mir soviel vom Tage stiehlt" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-03-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

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