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.]1
Seven Songs
Song Cycle by John Stainer (1840 - 1901)
7. Poesie  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Poesie", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte
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7. Poesy  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
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.
Authorship:
- Singable translation by John Stainer (1840 - 1901), "Poesy"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Poesie", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte
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