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by (Georg Jakob) Friedrich Karl Aulenbach (1810 - 1882)

Trauergesang
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT
Sahst du ihn hernieder schweben
in der Morgenröthe Lichtgewand?
Palmen strahlten in des Engels Hand;
sein Berühren trennt des Geistes Leben
von der Erdenhülle schwerem Band.

Wem, o Engel, rufet dein Erscheinen?
Sag, wem gilt dein Flug so ernst und hehr?
Was erblick' ich! Aller Augen weinen,
ach, ihr Liebling ist nicht mehr!

Lächelnd schlief er ein, des Himmels Frieden
strahlt vom vielgeliebten Angesicht,
und die Mien', in der sein Geist hienieden
sich verklärt, verließ ihn sterbend nicht.

Text Authorship:

  • by (Georg Jakob) Friedrich Karl Aulenbach (1810 - 1882) [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 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Trauergesang", op. posth. 116 (1845) [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cant fúnebre", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Treurzang", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-05-02
Line count: 13
Word count: 78

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