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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Verlasst mich hier
 (Sung text for setting by F. Scott)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
 ... 

Fehlt's am Begriff: wie sollt' er sie vermissen?
Er wiederholt ihr Bild zu tausend Malen.
Das zaudert bald, bald wird es weggerissen,
Undeutlich jetzt und jetzt im reinsten Strahlen;
Wie könnte dies geringstem Troste frommen,
Die Ebb' und Flut, das Gehen wie das Kommen?

Verlasst mich hier, getreue Weggenossen!
Lasst mich allein am Fels, in Moor und Moos;
Nur immer zu! euch ist die Welt erschlossen,
Die Erde weit, der Himmel hehr und groß;
Betrachtet, forscht, die Einzelheiten sammelt,
Naturgeheimnis werde nachgestammelt.

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "Verlasst mich hier", 1947, published 1949, stanzas 22-23 [ voice and piano ], from 35 Scottish Lyrics and other Poems, no. 31, Bayley & Ferguson for The Saltire Society, Glasgow, page 121

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), title 1: "Elegie", title 2: "Die Marienbader Elegie", written 1823, appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 1. Lyrisches, in Trilogie der Leidenschaft, no. 2, first published 1827

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