Cloth of tears | Hands, many hands

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by Paul Wertheimer (1874 - 1937)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Tuch der Tränen

(Sung text for setting by J. Marx)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Hände, viele Hände
Über der Heide schweben,
Die unsichtbar, ohn' Ende
Am Tuch der Thränen weben.

Die grauen Fäden gleiten,
damit es ewig hält,
Die Geisterhände breiten
Allnacht es über die Welt. --

Composition:

Joseph Marx

Lieder und Gesänge

Text Authorship:

by Paul Wertheimer (1874 - 1937), "Tuch der Tränen", first published 1904

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Cloth of tears", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-21
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Word count: 36

Cloth of tears

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Marx)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Hands, many hands
Hover above the heath,
Unseen hands that unendingly
Weave at the cloth of tears.

The grey strands glide,
So that the cloth lasts forever,
The ghostly hands spread it
Over the world every night. --

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Wertheimer (1874 - 1937), "Tuch der Tränen", first published 1904
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-02
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Word count: 38