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Dein Gedenken lebt in Liedern fort; Lieder, die der tiefsten Brust entwallen, Sagen mir: du lebst in ihnen allen, Und gewiß, die Lieder halten Wort. Dein Gedenken blüht in Tränen fort; Tränen aus des Herzens Heiligtume Nähren tauend der Erinnrung Blume, In dem Tau blüht dein Gedenken fort. Dein Gedenken lebt in Träumen fort; Träume, die dein Bild verklärt mir zeigen, [Sagen: daß du ewig bist mein eigen]1, Und gewiß, die Träume halten Wort.
1 Ritter: "Sagen, daß du ewig mir zu eigen"
Authorship
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Treue" [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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Treue", op. 3 no. 5 (1854), from Trauer und Trost, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
- by Alexander Ritter (1833 - 1896), "Treue", op. 16 (Fünf Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 (1890-1), published 1891 [voice and piano], München, Aibl [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Fidelity", copyright ©
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 74
Your memory lives on in songs - songs which bubble up from the depths of the heart; they tell me that you live in all of them and certainly, songs keep their word. Your memory blossoms on in tears - tears from the sanctuary of the heart nourished with the dew of memory's blossom; in that dew your memory blossoms on. Your memory lives on in dreams - dreams which show me your transfigured image and say that you are eternally mine; and certainly, dreams keep their word.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Treue"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 88