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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Es kann ein Aug' entbehren
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Es kann ein Aug' entbehren
Der Mensch, und wenn er muß,
Mit einem Ohre hören,
Bestehn mit einem Fuß.

Doch reißt von seinem Herzen
Sich ab der halbe Teil,
Das kann er nicht verschmerzen,
Da wird er nimmer heil.

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Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 209.


Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, in An Sie im Alter, no. 6 [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  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "An Sie im Alter", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To her in old age", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

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