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by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826)

Nein, umsonst liebkoset, o Mond, dein...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nein, umsonst liebkoset, o Mond, dein Antlitz
Durch der Wand Weinlaub, das die Abendkühlung
Sanft bewegt! Nicht heitere Lust, du weckest
  Düstere Wehmuth!

Schon durchliefst dreimal mit gelöschter Fackel 
Du die Bahn, dreimal in erneutem Vollglanz; 
Und mir trug kein Lüftchen von meinem Brückner
  Gruß und Verkündung! 

Hat ihn Trübsinn etwa geschweigt, und Krankheit? 
Oder ach! (schnell hülle Gewölk dein Antlitz!)
Schimmerst du, falschlächelnder Mond, auf seinen 
  Nagenden Grabstein?

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Hensel 

F. Hensel sets stanza 1

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Confirmed with Sämmtliche poetische Werke von Johann Heinrich Voss, Neue Ausgabe, Leipzig, Verlag von Immanuel Müller, 1853, page 28.


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Besorgniß" [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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Umsonst", H-U 206, stanza 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-12-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

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