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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Eine goldene Sichel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Eine goldene Sichel
in bräunlichen Garben,
liegt der Mond
im bronzenen Gewölk.
Mag da weit
die Schnitterin sein?
Ich meine,
die Schwaden bewegen sich -
oh, ich errate alles!
Ins Ährenversteck
zog wohl ein Gott
die emsige Göttermaid, -
irgend ein himmlischer
Schwerenöter der Liebe,
Jupiter-Don Juan
oder Wodan-Faust . .
In frohem Schreck
ließ sie die Sichel fallen . . .
Oh, Ihr königlich freien,
heiter genießenden,
seligen Götter!

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), appears in Mondbilder [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 Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Eine goldene Sichel", 1928 [baritone, orchestra], from Mondbilder, no. 2. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 68

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