by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951)
So nah
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Mit seinem Wasser rauschte Ein Brunnen in dem Grund Um einen Strauch von Rosen, Der blühend stund. Ein Jahr kaum und die Rosen Sind samt dem Strauch verdorrt. Der Brunnen, um zu helfen, Rauscht immer fort . . .
Confirmed with Hans Heinrich Ehrler, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Verlag Strecker und Schröder, 1919, page 47.
Authorship:
- by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), "So nah", appears in Gedichte, in Das Jahr [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 Julius Gessinger (1899 - 1986), "So nah", op. 44 no. 5, published 1965, first performed 1942 [ baritone and piano ], from Kleiner Liederkreis, no. 5, Schwäbisch-Hall: Musikverlag Schwäbisch-Hall  [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "So close", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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