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by Johanna Wolff (1858 - 1943), as Johanna Wolff-Hamburg

Wag' es!
 (Sung text for setting by A. Wallnöfer)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Flügel tragen empor
in lichtdurchzitterte Weiten,
schlagen and Sonnentor;
empor,
wage die Schwingen zu breiten!

Flügel tragen hinab
in der Schöpfung dunkelste Nächte.
Wecke dir schlummernde Mächte
auf aus verschlossenem Grab!
Hinab,
hinab in abgründige Schächte!

Folge dem drängenden Zug,
erzwinge dir kühnlich das Heute!
Morgen? Morgen ist Trug!
Im Flug
raubt sich der Adler die Beute!

Composition:

    Set to music by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Wag' es!", op. 84 (Vier Gesänge) no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Johanna Wolff (1858 - 1943), as Johanna Wolff-Hamburg, "Wags", appears in Du schönes Leben

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Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2023-02-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 57

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