Da schwer ein Tag entsteht und nie die Nacht vergeht, Sei leise! Sieh, der Morgen will dich nicht! Mit schweren Schwingen treibt er vor dem Licht, Nach dem dein Dunkel späht, nach dem dein Herz vergeht. Vergessen wirst du nie, da Liebe nie vergeht -- Vergessen wird dich nicht der ungeborne Tag; Sieh, wenn dein weißer Hauch im Frost verweht, Sprang leis ein Quell, wo leerer Schlummer lag: Sink hin! Du bist gemeint! schon wird es spät!
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Confirmed with Max Rychner, Bedachte und Bezeugte Welt. Prosa, Gedichte, Aphorismen, Aufsätze, Darmstadt, Hamburg: Marion von Schröder Verlag, 1962, page 157.
Text Authorship:
- by Max Rychner (1897 - 1965), "Dezemberfrühe" [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 Irene Erdmann (1896 - 1978), "Dezemberfrühe", 1951 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Early morning in December", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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