by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Schneefall
Language: German (Deutsch)
So still zu liegen und an dich zu denken, indessen Legionen weißer Blumen mein dunkles Ich in ihren Schnee versenken! Warum nicht also sterben! einst, wenn alles beschlossen lieget in uns, um uns her, das Haupt im Schoß des weißen Wolkenfalles.
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Schneefall", appears in Und aber ründet sich ein Kranz [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 Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Schneefall", op. 61 no. 3 (190-?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Schneefall" [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "雪落", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chute de neige", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-11-27
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Word count: 41