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by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951)

Das ist nicht wahr! es ist noch nie...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Das ist nicht wahr! es ist noch nie gestorben,
Nie Zeichenhaftes spurlos je verdorben.
Die Heiligen und Weisen sind geblieben,
Der Helden Halsperg klingt von Sagenhieben.

Der Kaiser Heinrich, ein Namenspatron,
Durchreitet Zeiten am Bamberger Dom.
Und Sokrates trank den Schielingswein
In Platons goldnen Becher hinein.
O zwischen zwei Schächern hängend schrie
Der Herr den Tod darnieder aufs Knie!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Hans Heinrich Ehrler, Gesicht und Antlitz: Neue Gedichte, Gotha: Leopold Klotz Verlag, 1928, page 68.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), ""Auch das Große muß sterben"", appears in Gesicht und Antlitz: Neue 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 Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Auch das Große muss sterben", op. 64 no. 7, from Ehrler-Zyklus I, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Even that which is great must die", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-09-23
Line count: 10
Word count: 59

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