Die Nacht ist gar zu dunkel Und durch mein Zimmer zieht Der Fliederduft, wie ein süßes, Trauriges Liebeslied. Ich hab das Beten vergessen, Die Bitten weiß ich nicht. Immer schmeichelt der weiche Duft um mein Gesicht. Ich sitze wach im Dunkeln Und weine vor mich hin, Zitterend und ganz verstohlen, Weil ich so einsam bin.
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Confirmed with Agnes Miegel, Gesammelte Gedichte, Jena: Eugen Diederichs, 1927, page 84
Composition:
- Set to music by Arnold Ebel (1883 - 1963), "Flieder", op. 28 no. 6, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Miegel-Lieder, no. 6, Berlin-Leipzig: Verlagsanstalt deutscher Tonkünstler
Text Authorship:
- by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964), "Flieder"
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