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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Zum Abschied 
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die du durch meinen Tag
geglitten bist, wie Sonnenlicht
durch Gänge dichtbelaubt,
du liebes lichtes Haupt,
zerbrich mir nicht!
Wenn dir das Leben einst die Zunge löst
der wilden Klag
und dir das Haar zerzaust
und mit der Faust
dich vor die Stirne stößt:
Dann denk an mich...
ich
litt
wie nur ein Mensch von seiner Hand
und stand
und stritt
mich dennoch durch zum Licht.
O du, und alle, die ich liebe, mit,
zerbrecht mir nicht!

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Zum Abschied" [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 Ernst Ludwig Leitner (b. 1943), "Zum Abschied", 1977, first performed 1977 [medium voice and piano], from Drei Lieder, no. 1. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this page: Peter Palmer

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-30
Line count: 19
Word count: 77

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