by Maria Janitschek, née Tölk (1859 - 1927)
Seelchen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Seele, warum schweigst du? Weil ich glücklich bin! Seele, warum singst du? Weil mir Leid erschien. Seele, warum strahlst du heller heut' denn je? Weil ich als sein Schutzgeist mit dem Liebsten geh.
Text Authorship:
- by Maria Janitschek, née Tölk (1859 - 1927) [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- by Margarete Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Seelchen" [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-11-23
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Word count: 33