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Das Posthorn schmettert, die Peitsche knallt; Mir wird so weh um's Herz! Sie fahren dahin, der Ton [verhallt]1; [Verhalle]2 nun auch, mein Schmerz! Sobald die linden Lüfte wehn, Werd' ich sie Alle wiedersehn, Die [ich]3 geliebt, Die [mich]4 geliebt. Ich möchte wohl einst so begraben sein Vom blasenden Postillon; Nach jenem Land so still und [rein]5 [Sehn']6 ich mich lange schon. Sobald die linden Lüfte wehn, Werd' ich sie Alle wiedersehn, Die [ich]3 geliebt, Die [mich]4 geliebt.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with , Hausbuch aus deutschen Dichtern seit Claudius, Eine kritische Anthologie von Theodor Storm, Hamburg: Wilhelm Mauke, 1870, page 495.
1 typo in Voss score: "verhalt"2 Voss: "verhall' "
3 Voss: "mich"
4 Voss: "ich"
5 Voss: "klein"
6 typo in Voss score: "seh'n"
Text Authorship:
- by (Georg) Adolf Glaßbrenner (1810 - 1876), "Das Posthorn" [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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Verloren", op. 29 no. 4, from Liebesglück und Schmerz, 4 Lieder, no. 4, Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Das Posthorn", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für Alt oder Bariton) no. 6, published 1846 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Das Posthorn", op. 20 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Reissiger (1809 - 1883), "Das Posthorn schmettert ", op. 28 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Voss (1815 - 1882), "Das Posthorn", op. 53 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1845 [ voice and piano ], Berlin & Posen: Ed. Bote und G. Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 85
The posthorn blares, the whip cracks; My heart fills with such woe! They are travelling off, the sound dies away; My pain, now die away as well! As soon as the gentle breezes blow I shall see them all again, Those [whom I loved]1, Those [who loved me]2. Someday I would like to be buried thus By a trumpeting stage coachman; I have already been yearning long for That land so quiet and [pure]3. As soon as the gentle breezes blow I shall see them all again, Those [whom I loved]1, Those [who loved me]2.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Das Posthorn" = "The posthorn"
"Das Posthorn schmettert " = "The posthorn blares"
"Verloren" = "Lost"
2 Voss: "whom I loved "
3 Voss: "small"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by (Georg) Adolf Glaßbrenner (1810 - 1876), "Das Posthorn"
This text was added to the website: 2022-11-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 105