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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Du bist ein Schatten am Tage
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du bist ein Schatten am Tage
und in der Nacht ein Licht.
Du lebst in meiner Klage
Und stirbst im Herzen nicht.
 
Wo ich mein Zelt aufschlage,
Da wohnst Du bei mir dicht;
Du bist mein Schatten am Tage,
Und in der Nacht mein Licht.
 
Wo ich auch nach dir frage,
Find ich von dir Bericht,
Du lebst in meiner Klage,
Und stirbst im Herzen nicht.
 
Du bist ein Schatten am Tage,
Doch in der Nacht mein Licht;
Du lebst in meiner Klage
Und stirbst im Herzen nicht.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, written 1834, appears in Kindertodtenlieder, in Lied und Leid, first published 1872 [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 Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Du bist ein Schatten am Tage ", op. 284 no. 5 (2018) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Friedrich Rückert, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Du bist ein Schatten am Tage", op. 91a (2015) [ mezzo-soprano or contralto and viola ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Rudi Spring

This text was added to the website: 2016-06-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

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