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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Zwei Särge einsam stehen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Zwei Särge einsam stehen
In des alten Domes Hut,
König Ottmar liegt in dem [einen]1,
In dem andern der Sänger ruht.

Der König saß einst mächtig
Hoch auf der Väter Thron,
Ihm liegt das Schwert in der Rechten
Und auf dem [Haupte]2 die Kron'.

Doch neben dem stolzen König,
Da liegt der Sänger traut,
Man noch in seinen Händen
Die fromme Harfe schaut.

Die Burgen [rings]3 zerfallen,
Schlachtruf tönt durch das Land,
Das Schwert, [das]4 regt sich nimmer
[Da in des]5 Königs Hand.

Blüten und milde Lüfte
[Wehen]6 das Tal entlang -
Des Sängers Harfe tönet
In ewigem Gesang.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Abt •   F. Abt •   E. Behm •   C. Isenmann •   H. Triest 

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See also König und Sänger set by H. G. Goetz.

1 Triest: "ersten"
2 Behm: "Haupt"
3 Isenmann: "sind"
4 Isenmann: "es"
5 Abt: "In des"; Isenmann: "Dort in des"; Triest: "In des alten"
6 Behm: "Weben"

Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Zwei Särge" [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Des Sängers Harfe", op. 236 (Drei vierstimmige Männergesänge) no. 2, published 1863 [ tenor and TTBB chorus ], Offenbach, André [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Des Sängers Harfe", op. 581 (Vier Gesänge für 3 Frauenstimmen) no. 2, published 1882 [ SSA trio and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Eduard Behm (1862 - 1946), "Zwei Särge", op. 23 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Zwei Särge", published 1838, from Drei Gedichte von Justinus Kerner, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Isenmann (1839 - 1889), "Des Sängers Harfe", op. 48, published 1883 [ TTBB chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Müller (b. 1835), "Des Sängers Harfe", op. 92 (Vier Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor ) no. 2, published 1873 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Der König und der Sänger" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Georg Wilhelm Rauchenecker (1844 - 1906), "Zwei Särge" [ mixed chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Zwei Särge" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinrich Triest (1808 - 1885), "Die zwei Särge", op. 5 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Zwei Särge", op. 12 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , 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: 2008-07-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 105

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