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by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916)

Die Sorglichen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT FRE
Im Frühling, als der Märzwind ging,
als jeder Zweig voll Knospen hing,
da fragten sie mit Zagen:
was wird der Sommer sagen?

Und als das Korn in Fülle stand,
in lauter Sonne briet das Land,
da seufzten sie und schwiegen:
bald wird der Herbstwind fliegen.

Der Herbstwind blies die Bäume an
und ließ auch nicht ein Blatt daran.
Sie sahn sich an: dahinter
kommt nur der böse Winter.

Das war nicht eben falsch gedacht,
der Winter kam auch über Nacht.
Die armen, armen Leute,
was sorgen sie nur heute?

Sie sitzen hinterm Ofen still
und warten, ob's nicht tauen will,
und bangen sich und sorgen
um morgen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916) [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Die Sorglichen", 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 72 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Die Sorglichen", op. 75 (45 Lieder für dreistimmigen Chor a capella) no. 19 (1924) [ three-part chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "Els preocupats", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les inquiets", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 107

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