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

Gott schickt am End uns Leiden
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Gott schickt am End uns Leiden,
Auf daß uns diese Welt,
Wenn wir nun von ihr scheiden,
Nicht mehr so mächtig hält.

Die Mutter legt den Brüsten
Am End was Bittres bei,
Auf daß des Kinds Gelüsten
Nicht mehr so mächtig sei.

Die Pflanze wird der Blätter
Und Blüten erst beraubt,
Bevor im Herbsteswetter
Sie senkt ihr müdes Haupt.

Was willst du dich beschweren,
Daß welk die Freuden sind?
Du darfst nicht mehr begehren,
Mein Herz, als Kraut und Kind.

Confirmed with: Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 217.


Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Gott schickt am End' uns Leiden", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [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  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Gott schickt am End uns Leiden", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "At the end God sends us suffering", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 80

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