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by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863)

Das ist ein eitles Wähnen!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Das ist ein eitles Wähnen!
Sei nicht so feig, mein Herz!
Gib redlich Tränen um Tränen,
Nimm tapfer Schmerz um Schmerz!

Ich will dich weinen sehen
Zum ersten und letzten Mal!
Will selbst nicht widerstehen,
Da löscht sich Qual in Qual!

In diesem bittren Leiden
Hab ich nur darum Mut,
Nur darum Kraft zum Scheiden,
Weil es so weh uns tut.

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Text Authorship:

  • by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Lieder, in 13. Scheidelieder, no. 2 [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 Heinrich (Ludwig Egmont) Dorn (1804 - 1892), "Scheidelied", op. 68 (Vier deutsche Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 4, published 1850 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Guttentag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "Scheidelied", op. 50 no. 6 [ medium voice, piano ], from Herbstklänge, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

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