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by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942)

Kristall
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ganz still. Und viele welke Blätter liegen
wie braunes Gold, in Sonne eingetaucht.
Der Himmel ist sehr blau,
und weiße Wolken wiegen.
Ein heller Frost den Reif auf Bäume haucht.

Die Tannen stehen frisch und grün,
und ihre Wipfel zeigen in die Luft.
Und rote Buchen schlank und kühn
hör’n auf den Adler, dessen Flug sie ruft,
und steigen immer höher himmelan.
Einsame Bänke stehen dann und wann
und auch ein bißchen Gras, schon halb erfroren –
die Sonne hat’s zu ihrem Liebling auserkoren.

Text Authorship:

  • by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924 - 1942), "Kristall", written 1940 [author's text not yet checked 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 Violeta Ileana Dinescu (b. 1953), "Kristall", 1985 [ soprano and harpsichord ], from Ich bin in Sehnsucht eingehüllt, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-10-14
Line count: 13
Word count: 84

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