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

Trost
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Solang noch Berg’ und Tale blühn,
Durch sie melodisch Flüsse ziehn,
Ein Vogel hoch im Blauen schwebt,
Goldähren licht im Westhauch wallen,
Gebirge stehn, Alphörner schallen:
Hat diese Welt nicht ausgelebt.
Und was die Menschen tun und treiben,
Ob frei sie oder Knechte bleiben,
Dem Frühling gräbt es sich nicht ein,
Kein Treiber bringt mich je in Zweifel,
-- Ist er ein Teufel aller Teufel --
Er ändert nicht der Sonne schein.

Confirmed with Justinus Kerner Werke. Zweiter Teil. Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 96.


Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Trost", 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  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Trost", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Comfort", 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: 12
Word count: 70

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