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by John Henry Mackay (1864 - 1933)

Die Tropfen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Heftiger heute 
Blutet die Wunde 
Die Du mir schlugst. 

Keiner gewahrt sie. 
Stolz und verschlossen 
Steh' ich noch aufrecht. 
Stumm mit den Händen 
Preß ich die flaffenden 
Ränder zusammen. 

Aber es rieseln 
Zwischen den Fingern 
Tropfen hernieder --
Blutige Tropfen. 
Ohne die Kraft sie 
Länger zu halten 
Seh' ich sie rinnen -- 
Blutige Tropfen: 

Lieder des Schmerzes!

Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von John Henry Mackay. In acht Bänden. Zweiter Band: Gedichte (Schluß). Neue Gedichte, Treptow bei Berlin, Bernhard Zacks Verlag, 1911, page 97.


Text Authorship:

  • by John Henry Mackay (1864 - 1933), "Die Tropfen" [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 Émile von Brucken-Fock (1857 - 1944), "Die Tropfen" [ medium voice or low voice and piano ], from Acht Gesänge mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 6, Middelburg, A. A. Noske ; Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-11-10
Line count: 18
Word count: 55

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