Die Rosen [blühen]1
    im nächsten Sommer [auch]2 ohne dich . . .
Stirb! die Sterne glühen,
    auch wenn von ihnen dein Auge wich . . .

Stirb! Es küßt die Geliebte
    morgen [schon]2, morgen ein fremder Mund . . .
Stirb! Was dich freute und was dich betrübte,
    -- Stirb! -- es wird auch den Anderen kund . . .

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¹ Sonneck: "blühn"; furhter changes may exist not noted above.
² omitted by Marx.

Text Authorship:

• by John Henry Mackay (1864 - 1933), "Stirb!" [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• by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Stirb!", 1905 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1873 - 1928), "Stirb", op. 17 no. 2, published 1922 [ baritone and piano ], from Vier pessimistische Lieder für Bariton und Klavier, no. 2, Wien, New York: Universal-Edition ; note: score gives author as "John Henry Makay" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-11
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