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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Herz! und weißt du selber denn zu sagen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Herz! und weißt du selber denn zu sagen,
Was dich drückt und quält?
Oder kann man so um nichts verzagen?
Herz, ich habe schwer an dir zu tragen,
Schwer!
Daß ich mit dir im Grabe wär!

Die Geschwister kommen, mich zu fragen,
Was mir immer fehlt?
O ich darf nicht wagen,
Die verweinten Augen aufzuschlagen,
Wenn ich denke, was du mir verhehlt!
Herz, ich habe schwer an dir zu tragen,
Schwer!

Daß ich im Grabe wär!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Maschinkas Lied" [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 Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Herz, ich habe schwer an dir zu tragen", op. 27 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Schwermut", op. 29 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1882 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Maschinka", 1899 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Franz Schieri (1922 - 2009), "Maschinkas", 1983 [ female voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2005-07-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 76

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