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by Friedrich (or Fritz) Lienhard (1865 - 1929)

Abendrot
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mir ist nach einer Heimat weh,
Die keine Erdengrenzen hat!
Ich sehne mich aus Menschennot
Nach einer ew'gen Himmelsstadt.

Groß glänzt klar das Abendrot.
Sanft rauscht der Quell im Wasgenwald.
Wie bald verging mein Erdentag
Und all mein Tagewerk, wie bald!

O komm', du weltallweite Nacht,
Die keine Erdenmaßen Kennt,
Aus deren Tiefen Stern an Stern
Auf unser winzig Sternlein brennt.

Nicht müd' bin ich vom Tagewerk
Und doch bin ich des Tages satt.
Nach deinen Weiten sehn' ich mich,
Du unbegrenzte Himmelsstadt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich (or Fritz) Lienhard (1865 - 1929) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Abendrot", op. 24 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme) no. 4 (1909), published 1909 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

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