by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)
Das Gewicht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Was in stiller Mitternacht, Wenn die Erde ringsum schlief, Mir oft aus dem Herzen tief Lieder hat hervorgebracht, War des Lebens Schwere nur, Die mir oft am [Herzen]1 zieht, Wie's Gewicht zieht an der Uhr, Bis sie flötet laut ein Lied.
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Confirmed with Justinus Kerners sämtliche poetische Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Dr. Josef Gaismaier, 1. Band, Leipzig: Max Hesses Verlag, 1880, page 112.
1 Leberl: "Herze"Text Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Das Gewicht", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, first published 1845 [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 Rudolf Leberl (1884 - 1952), "Das Gewicht", op. 22 (Zehn Lieder zur Gitarre nach Gedichten von Justinus Kerner) no. 7 (1925), published 2006 [ voice and guitar ], Frankfurt am Main: Laurentius-Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The Weight", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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