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by Frida Schanz (1859 - 1944)

Gib her!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Verloschen ist das Licht.
Die Lider werden schwer.
Leis kommt der Schlaf und spricht
Mit holdem Klang: „Gib her!

Gib her die dumpfe Pein,
Die hoffnungslose Hast!
Leicht soll dein Schritt nun sein.
Gib her die ganze Last!

Was dich so müd gemacht,
Was dich [gedrückt]1 so sehr,
Ich trag dir's diese Nacht!
Ich nehm dir's ab! Gib her!

Gib her!“ - - O [tiefe]2 Ruh!
Wie [atmest du]3 befreit.
Wie selig wanderst du
In’s Land Vergessenheit!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. Naacke 

M. Naacke sets stanzas 1-3, 4 (lines 1-2)

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Naacke: "bedrückt"
2 Naacke: "süße"
3 Naacke: "atme ich"

Text Authorship:

  • by Frida Schanz (1859 - 1944), "Gib her!" [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 Magdalena Naacke , "Gib her!", stanzas 1-3, 4 (lines 1-2) [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2026-02-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

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