Es liegt die Welt in Scherben, Einst liebten wir sie sehr, Nun hat für uns das Sterben Nicht viele Schrecken mehr. Man soll die Welt nicht schmähen, Sie ist so bunt und wild, Uralte Zauber wehen Noch immer um ihr Bild. Wir wollen dankbar scheiden Aus ihrem großen Spiel; Sie gab uns Lust und Leiden, Sie gab uns Liebe viel. Leb wohl, Frau Welt, und schmücke Dich wieder jung und glatt, Wir sind von deinem Glücke Und deinem Jammer satt.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Robert Leukauf (1902 - 1978), "Leb wohl, Frau Welt ", 1947 [ medium voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder für mittlere Stimme, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Leb wohl, Frau Welt", written 1944
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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