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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Worte sind der Seele Bild
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Worte sind der Seele Bild -
Nicht ein Bild! sie sind ein Schatten!
Sagen herbe, deuten mild,
Was wir haben, was wir hatten. -

Was wir hatten, wo ist's hin?
Und was ist's denn, was wir haben? -
Nun, wir sprechen! Rasch im Fliehn
Haschen wir des Lebens Gaben.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) [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 Wolfgang Michael Rihm (1952 - 2024), "Worte sind der Seele Bild", 2004-7, first performed 2007 [ baritone and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Peter Schoene

This text was added to the website: 2009-05-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

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