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by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849)

Wohin
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Bächlein, wohin [eilest]1 du?
Dem Strome zu!
Strom! Wohin entrollest du?
Dem Meere zu!
Meer, wohin aufsteigest du?
Dem Himmel zu!
Und der Himmel sendet liebend
Wolkentränen Dank mir zu.

Herz, mein Herz, du Bach im Frieden,
Du in Aufruhr Strom und Meer!
Ach, wohin drängt deine Woge
Gar so heiß und bang und schwer.

Sieh, dir öffnet seine Arme
Ja des Weltalls, Riesendom!
Und es wölbt sich Liebe blickend
Über dir der Himmelsdom!

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1 sometimes "eilst"

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Stieglitz (1801 - 1849), "Wohin?", written 1834 [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 Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Wohin", op. 101, KWV. 9121 no. 1. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2004-08-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 75

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