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by Ernst Benjamin Salomo Raupach (1784 - 1852)

Basslied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wer möchte noch einmal durchlaufen
Des Lebens rauhe Bahn?
Mit bangem Schmerz zurück erkaufen
Des Glückes kurzen Wahn?

Sich noch einmal um Güter mühen,
Die uns ein Zufall raubt?
Nach Zielen streben, die entfliehen,
Wenn man erreicht sie glaubt?

Mit Lust kann nur aufs Leben schauen,
Wer's noch von ferne sieht,
Doch wer es kennt, gewiss mit Grauen
Vor seinem Anblick flieht.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ernst Benjamin Salomo Raupach (1784 - 1852) [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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Basslied", op. 42 no. 19 (1833), from Die drei Wünsche, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

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