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by J. Wilhelm Meinhold (1797 - 1851)

Wie dies Gewürm aus unermess'nem Meer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Wie dies Gewürm aus unermess'nem Meer,
Taucht auch der Mensch aus deinem dunklen Schooß,
Unendlichkeit, und ahnet nicht, woher! --
So klimmt er auch auf seinen Erdenkloß,
Von Thränen feucht, und tastet um sich her,
Ob er ergreif' ein wenig Gras und Moos
Für seinen Mund, und er ergreift's so schwer! --
Der arme Mensch, wie trüb' ist doch sein Loos!
Er ahnet nichts und mühet sich so sehr,
Da kommt die Flut, da wird die Welle groß,
Und er versinket wiederum ins Meer! -- --

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   P. Hindemith 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Wilhelm Meinhold, Zweiter Band, Vermischte Gedichte. Dritte verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig, Verlag von J. J. Weber, 1846, p. 25

Modernized spellings (used by Hindemith): Schooß -> Schoß ; Thränen -> Tränen; Loos -> Los

Text Authorship:

  • by J. Wilhelm Meinhold (1797 - 1851), "Der Wurm am Meere" [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 Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Der Wurm am Meer", op. 35, Heft 2 no. 6 (1924) [soprano, oboe, viola, and cello], from Die Serenaden, no. 6. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Le ver à la mer", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "The sea-serpent", copyright © 2015


Researcher for this page: Martin Jahn

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-26
Line count: 11
Word count: 83

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