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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Das erste und das letzte Lächeln
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mit schneeigem Gefieder
ein Englein schwebte nieder
zu dir vom Himmelssaal.
'S war um das Frühgeläute,
ichseh's, ich seh's noch heute,
da lächeltest du 
so lieblich, so herzig
das ersten Mal.

Bald kam das Englein wieder,
ich bückte g'rad mich nieder
zu dir in tiefster Qual
und tät' and Herz dich pressen,
ach, nie kann ich's vergessen,
da lächeltest du,
mein Kindlein, mein süßes,
zum letzten Mal!

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891) [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 Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Das erste und das letzte Lächeln" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 67

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