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by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842)

Einsamkeit, du stummer Bronnen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Einsamkeit, du stummer Bronnen,
Heil'ge Mutter tiefer Quellen,
Zauberspiegel innrer Sonnen,
Die in Tönen überschwellen:
Seit ich durft' in deine Wonnen
Das betörte Leben stellen.
Seit du ganz mich überronnen
Mit den dunklen Wunderwellen.
Hab' zu funkeln ich begonnen.
Und nun klingen all die hellen
Sternensphären meiner Seele,
Deren Takt ein Gott mir zähle.
Alle Sonnen meines Herzens,
Die Planeten meiner Lust,
Die Kometen meines Schmerzens
Tönen laut in meiner Brust.
In dem Monde meiner Wehmut,
Alles Glanzes unbewußt,
Muß ich singen und in Demut
Vor den Schätzen meines Innern,
Vor der Armut meines Lebens,
Vor den Gipfeln meines Strebens,
Ew'ger Gott! mich dein errinnern.
Alles andre ist vergebens.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Clemens Maria Wenzeslaus von Brentano (1778 - 1842), no title, appears in Nachklänge Beethovenscher Musik, no. 1 [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 Walter Braunfels (1882 - 1954), "Nachklänge Beethovenscher Musik", op. 13 (1910). [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
  • by Felix Wolfes (1892 - 1971), "Nachklänge Beethovenscher Musik" [ sung text verified 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 109

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