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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Es kann ein Aug' entbehren
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Es kann ein Aug' entbehren
Der Mensch, und wenn er muß,
Mit einem Ohre hören,
Bestehn mit einem Fuß.

Doch reißt von seinem Herzen
Sich ab der halbe Teil,
Das kann er nicht verschmerzen,
Da wird er nimmer heil.

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Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 209.


Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, in An Sie im Alter, no. 6 [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  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "An Sie im Alter", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To her in old age", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

To her in old age
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
A man can do without an eye,
And if he must
He can hear with one ear,
Exist with one foot.

But if from his heart
One-half is torn away,
That he cannot get over,
From that he never recovers.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, in An Sie im Alter, no. 6
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

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