Poesie ist tiefes Schmerzen, Und es kommt das echte Lied Einzig aus dem Menschenherzen Das ein tiefes Leid durchglüht. Doch die höchsten Poesien Schweigen wie der höchste Schmerz, Nur wie Geisterschatten ziehen Stumm sie durchs gebrochne Herz.
Seven Songs
Song Cycle by John Stainer (1840 - 1901)
7. Poesie
Language: German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Poesie", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte
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Poesy is deepest anguish, Only can the sad heart sing, Which, by sorrow pierced, doth languish; 'Tis from woe true song doth spring. Highest Poesy mute sitteth, Silent as Pain's fatal dart, Like a spiritshade it flitteth, Dumbly through the broken heart.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by John Stainer (1840 - 1901), "Poesy"
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Poesie", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte
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