Weiß nicht, woher ich bin gekommen,
Weiß nicht, wohin ich werd' genommen,
Doch weiß ich fest: daß ob mir ist
Eine Liebe, die mich nie vergißt.

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Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 326.

Text Authorship:

• by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Ein Spruch", appears in Der letzte Blütenstrauß [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ein Spruch", 2012 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Johannes Bartels , "Zuversicht", from 25 Lieder und Gesänge, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Peter Escher (1915 - 2008), "Spruch", op. 153 no. 1 (1993) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten verschiedenen Schriftsteller, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hilde Kocher-Klein (1894 - 1975), "Ein Spruch", op. 87a (Fünf Chorlieder für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor) no. 2 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Tübingen, C. L. Schultheiß [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Ein Spruch", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Ein Spruch", op. 16 (Neun Lieder) no. 3 (1937-8) [sung text not yet checked]

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