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

Weh! mein Freund liegt auf dem Lager
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Weh! mein Freund liegt auf dem Lager
Abgezehret zum Skelett.
Spricht der Arzt: "O! daß er mager
Wird, ist besser als zu fett.
Warmer Regen statt des Schnees
Bringt das End ihm seines Wehes,
Daß er froh springt aus dem Bett."

Bald fällt warmer Regen immer
Und der Schnee, der kalte, flieht,
Doch es wird der Kranke schlimmer.
Spricht der Arzt: "O! das geschieht,
Weil die Luft wird immer nässer,
Heller Himmel wär' ihm besser,
Wolken machen immer müd."

Endlich strahlt die Sonne helle,
Doch der Kranke hat vollbracht;
Spricht der Arzt: "Nur weil zu schnelle
Kam die Sonne so mit Macht,
Starb er, konnt' nach trüben Tagen
Nicht das grelle Licht ertragen:
Habe das voraus gedacht."

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Schneider 

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Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 310.


Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Ärtzliches", 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  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Ärztliches", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Of medics", 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: 2008-06-18
Line count: 21
Word count: 119

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