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Genug gemeistert nun die Weltgeschichte! Die Sterne, die durch alle Zeiten tagen, Ihr wolltet sie mit frecher Hand zerschlagen Und jeder leuchten mit dem eignen Lichte. Doch unaufhaltsam rucken die Gewichte, Von selbst die Glocken von den Türmen schlagen, Der alte Zeiger, ohne euch zu fragen, Weist flammend auf die Stunde der Gerichte. O stiller Schauer, wunderbares Schweigen, Wenn heimlichflüsternd sich die Wälder neigen, Die Täler alle geisterbleich versanken, Und in Gewittern von den Bergesspitzen Der Herr die Weltgeschichte schreibt mit Blitzen? Denn seine sind nicht euere Gedanken.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Mahnung", appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche 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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Mahnung", op. 49 no. 6 (1933) [ baritone, men's chorus, chamber orchestra ], from Kantate. Nach Gedichten von Eichendorff, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Mahnung", op. 33 no. 4 (1945), orchestrated 1951 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Sieben Sonette nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Admonition", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 88
Enough now of mastering the history of the world! The stars that dawn through all times, You wanted to smash them with brazen hands And each one of you wanted to shine with his own light. But relentlessly the weights jerk onward, From the towers the bells ring of their own volition, The old clock-hand, without asking you, Points flamingly to the hour of judgement. Oh silent trembling, awe-filled silence, When secretly whispering the forests bend, [When] all of the valleys, ghostly pale, sank away, And in storms from the mountaintops The Lord writes the history of the world with lightning bolts? For His thoughts are not your thoughts.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Mahnung", appears in Gedichte, in 6. Geistliche Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2013-07-26
Line count: 14
Word count: 109