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by Oswald Franz Ambrosius Menghin (1888 - 1973)

Die Hand des Bauern
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Des Bauern Faust ruht auf dem Tisch
so schwer und stark, so fest und klamm,
als hätte sie ein Meister frisch
gestemmt aus braunem Lärchenstamm.

Wenn du die Schrift der Schrunden liest,
die ihre Haut ringsum bedeckt,
dann weißt du, dass aus Wunden fließt,
was diese Welt zum Leben weckt.

Dann weißt du es, dass diese Faust,
zur Hand entfaltet, Wunder tut,
dass alles, was du Hohes baust,
auf ihrer stillen Stärke ruht.

Sieh an die rauhe, harte Hand,
gesell' die deine schlicht zu ihr
und schau dann weit ins Schollenland:
Der Bauer schuf es sich und dir!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Oswald Franz Ambrosius Menghin (1888 - 1973) [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 Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Die Hand des Bauern", 1938 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2025-01-02
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