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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

Wenn ich erführe, dass das Alter mich
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Japanese (日本語) 
Wenn ich erführe, dass das Alter mich
Besuchen wollte, -- flugs schlöss' ich die Tür,
Und "Ich bin nicht zu Hause!" würd ich rufen,
Und nimmermehr liess ichs zu mir herein.

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Confirmed with Japanischer Frühling, Leipzig, Inselverlag, 1918, page 67.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Das Alter", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Japanese (日本語) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist  [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Wenn ich erführe", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1922) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Das Alter", op. 75 no. 3, published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Japanische Miniaturen für eine Singstimme und Klavier, no. 3, Berlin : Birnbach [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-04-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 30

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