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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Ich bin die Mutter Sonne und trage
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich bin die Mutter Sonne und trage
die Erde bei Nacht, die Erde bei Tage.
Ich halte sie fest und strahle sie an,
dass alles auf ihr wachsen kann.
Stein und Blume, Mensch und Tier,

alles erhält sein Licht von mir.
Tu auf dein Herz wie ein Becherlein;
denn ich will leuchten auch dort hinein!
Tu auf dein Herzlein, liebes Kind,
dass wir ein Licht zusammen sind! 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title [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 Alfred von Beckerath (1901 - 1978), "Lied der Sonne" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gert Schäfer (b. 1962), "Ich bin die Mutter Sonne", 2001 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eberhard Ludwig Wittmer (1905 - 1989), "Lied der Sonne" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-31
Line count: 10
Word count: 67

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