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Wenn ein müder Leib begraben, Klingen Glocken ihn zur Ruh, Und die Erde schließt die Wunde Mit den schönsten Blumen zu. Wenn die Liebe wird begraben, Singen Lieder sie zur Ruh, Und die Wunde bringt die Blumen -- Doch das Grab erst schließt sie zu.
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Confirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke. Vierter Band. Plattdeutsche Erzählungen - Hochdeutsche Gedichte, Kiel und Leipzig, Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1893, page 173.
Authorship:
- by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, in Erstes Fünfzig, in Klänge, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Johan Cornelius Berghout (1869 - 1963), "Klänge", op. 12 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1899 [ alto and piano ], Rotterdam, Lichtenauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Klänge II", op. 66 (Fünf Duette) no. 2 (<<1875), published 1876 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Wenn ein müder Leib", op. 21 (Fünf Lieder im ernsten Ton) no. 2 (1907/9) [ voice and piano ], note: may be incorrect text for this setting - poet was not indicated in source catalogue [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Henricus Löser (b. 1850), "Wenn ein müder Leib begraben", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Amsterdam, Brix von Wahlberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Wenn ein müder Leib begraben ", op. 10 no. 2, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Claus Groth für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Sounds", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sons", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Giulio Cesare Barozzi) , "Suoni (n. 2)", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Als een moe lijf wordt begraven, Zingen klokken ‘Rust maar zacht’ En de aarde sluit de wonde Met de mooiste bloemenpracht! Als de liefde wordt begraven, Brengen lied’ren rust en licht, En de wonde brengt de bloemen, Maar het graf eerst maakt haar dicht!
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Translation of title "Klänge II" = "Klanken II"Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2015 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, in Erstes Fünfzig, in Klänge, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2015-02-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 44