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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Auf meines Kindes Tod II
 (Sung text for setting by F. Draeseke)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
  Freuden wollt' ich dir bereiten,
Zwischen Kämpfen, Lust und Schmerz
Wollt' ich treulich dich geleiten
Durch das Leben himmelwärts.

  Doch du hast's allein gefunden
Wo kein Vater führen kann,
Durch die ernste, dunkle Stunde
Gingst du schuldlos mir voran.

  Wie das Säuseln leiser Schwingen
Draußen über Thal und Kluft
Ging zur selben Stund' ein Singen
Ferne durch die stille Luft.

  Und so fröhlich glänzt der Morgen,
's war als ob das Singen sprach:
Jetzo lasset alle Sorgen,
Liebt ihr mich, so folgt mir nach!
Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's Werke. Erster Theil. Gedichte. Berlin: M. Simion, 1841, page 321.

Composition:

    Set to music by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Auf meines Kindes Tod II", op. 24 no. 4, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Trauer und Trost. Sechs Gesänge, no. 4, Dresden, Hoffarth

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 5

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 84

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