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by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942)

Das Glück
 (Sung text for setting by S. Grill)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Schlafen möcht' ich,
Der Wind wiegt mich ein,
Und die Sehnsucht singt mich zur Ruh'.
Weinen möcht' ich.
Schon die Blumen allein
Flüstern Tränen mir zu.

Sieh die Blätter:
Sie blinken im Wind
Und gaukeln Träume mir vor.
Ja und später --
Lacht wo ein Kind,
Und irgendwo hofft ein Tor.

Sehnsucht hab' ich
Wohl nach dem Glück?
Nach dem Glück.
Fragen möcht' ich:
Kommt es zurück?
Nie zurück.

Composition:

    Set to music by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Das Glück", copyright © 2019 [ soprano, viola d'amore and cello ], from Blossoms, no. 6, confirmed with an online score

Text Authorship:

  • by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Das Glück", written 1941, appears in Blütenlese, in Der Blütenlese Zweiter Teil, in Weisse Chrysanthemen

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-08-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 68

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