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by Ernst Zahn (1867 - 1952)

Meine Hoffnung
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Meine Hoffnung war ein wildes Kind,
Sprang leicht aufs Roß zur Zeit
Und ritt um die Wette mit Wolken und Wind
Und stürzte und kam zu Leid.
 
Meine Hoffnung ward von stillem Sinn
Und sah im Abendglühn
In allen Fernen, die Träumerin,
Die Wunder der Zukunft blühn.
 
Nun ist sie eine herbe Frau,
Weiß ein Menschengeschick,
Nur manchmal unter der Braue Grau
Flammt heimlich noch ihr Blick.

Confirmed with Gedichte von Ernst Zahn, Stuttgart & Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1910, page 60.


Text Authorship:

  • by Ernst Zahn (1867 - 1952), "Meine Hoffnung" [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  • by Margarete Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Meine Hoffnung" [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "My hope", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-01-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

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