by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)
Wenn plötzlich in dein Lebenslicht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Wenn plötzlich in dein Lebenslicht Die finsterste der Nächte bricht, Du nicht begreifst, woher sie kommt, Du nicht begreifst, zu was sie frommt, Dich tiefer Gram macht sprachlos stumm, Tröst' dich der Spruch: "Gott weiß warum."
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Confirmed with: Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 372.
Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Gott weiß warum", appears in Winterblüten [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 H. W. Egel , "Wenn plötzlich in dein Lebenslicht", op. 2 (Drei ernste Sprüche) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Gott weiß warum", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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