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by Eduard Maria Oettinger (1808 - 1872)

Ich kenne eine Perle
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich kenne eine Perle, die ist so schön und rein,
so glänzend ach und teuer, wie Gold und Edelstein.
Auch kenn' ich eine Muschel, die ist so rot wie Blut,
sie ist das treue Kästchen, worin die Perle ruht.

Ich kenne eine Perle, die ist so schön und rein,
auch weiß ich eine Muschel, worin die Perle ruht.
Verstehst du der Parabel bedeutungsvollen Scherz?
Die Perle ist dein Name, die Muschel ist mein Herz!

Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Maria Oettinger (1808 - 1872) [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 Vilém (Wilhelm) Blodek (1834 - 1874), "Ich kenne eine Perle", published 1909, from Liebeslieder, no. 8. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 74

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