Zählt man die Zeit im Jahr,
Drin freudvoll war ein Herz,
Sind's wen'ge [Tage]1 nur,
Die andern trug es Schmerz.

Zählt man die Zeit im Jahr,
Drin blau der Himmel blieb,
Sind's wen'ge Tage nur,
Die andern waren trüb.

Drum, da der Himmel selbst
So oft in Tränen steht,
Klag' nimmer, Menschenherz,
Daß dir's nicht besser geht.

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Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 147.

¹ some Kerner editions, Leberl: "Stunden"

Text Authorship:

• by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Im Regen", 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 Rudolf Leberl (1884 - 1952), "Im Regen", op. 22 (Zehn Lieder zur Gitarre nach Gedichten von Justinus Kerner) no. 9 (1926), published 2006 [ voice and guitar ], Frankfurt am Main: Laurentius-Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Im Regen", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In the rain", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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