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by Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Herzogin in Bayern (1837 - 1898)

Zu spät
 (Sung text for setting by A. Fries)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Zu spät, zu spät sind wir begegnet
Uns auf des Lebens Dornenpfad;
Zu weit schon hat uns fortgetragen
Der Zeiten unaufhaltsam Rad.

Zu spät hat deiner tiefen Augen
Magnet'scher Blick auf mich geschaut,
Selbst unter diesen warmen Strahlen
Hat's starre Herz nicht mehr getaut.

 ... 

»O wende weg die ernsten Augen!
Lass ruhigen Wegs mich weitergeh'n!
Kann Glück ich nicht mehr eigen nennen,
So will ich's wenigstens nicht seh'n!‹

Composition:

    Set to music by Albin Fries (b. 1955), "Zu spät", op. 50 no. 13 (2016), stanzas 1-2,5 [ voice and piano ], from 17 Lieder nach Texten der Kaiserin Elisabeth von Österreich (Sisi poems), no. 13, confirmed with a CD booklet

Text Authorship:

  • by Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie, Herzogin in Bayern (1837 - 1898), appears in Das poetische Tagebuch

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This text was added to the website: 2018-08-14
Line count: 20
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