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by Hans Carossa (1878 - 1956)

Der alte Brunnen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Lösch aus dein Licht und schlaf!
Das immer wach Geplätscher
Nur vom alten Brunnen tönt.
Wer aber Gast war unter meinem Dache,
Hat sich stets bald an diesen Ton gewöhnt.
Zwar kann es einmal sein, wenn du schon mitten
Im Traume bist, daß Unruh geht ums Haus,
Der Kies beim Brunnen knirscht von harten Tritten,
Das helle Plätschern setzt auf einmal aus,
Und du erwachst.
Dann mußt du nicht, mußt nicht erschrecken.
Die Sterne stehn vollzählig überm Land,
Und nur ein Wandrer trat ans Marmorbecken
Der schöpft vom Brunnen mit der hohlen Hand.
Er geht gleich weiter, und es rauscht wie immer.
O freue dich, du bleibst nicht einsam hier.
Viel Wandrer gehen fern im Sternenschimmer
Und mancher noch ist auf dem Weg zu dir.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Carossa (1878 - 1956) [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 Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Der alte Brunnen", op. 15 (24 Lieder) no. 2 (>>2000) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Irtel (1917 - 2003), "Der alte Brunnen" [ voice and piano ], in the collection Lieder siebenbürgischer Komponisten, Book II [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2009-06-08
Line count: 18
Word count: 125

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