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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Abendläuten
 (Sung text for setting by J. Marx)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
In deine langen Wellen,
tiefe Glocke
leg ich die leise Stimme
meiner Traurigkeit;
in deinem Schwingen
löst sie
sanft sich auf,
verschwistert nun
dem ewigen Gesang
der Lebensglocke,
Schicksalsglocke,
die 
zu unsern Haupten
läutet, läutet, läutet.

Confirmed with Ich und die Welt. Gedichte von Christian Morgenstern, Verlag von Schuster & Loeffler, Berlin, 1898, page 140.

Note: in Marx's manuscript, there's a mistake in line 5: "in deinen Schwingen"

Composition:

    Set to music by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Abendläuten" [ voice and piano ], unpublished

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Abendläuten", appears in Ich und die Welt

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sons du soir", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-10
Line count: 14
Word count: 36

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