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by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)

Scheiden im Licht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Verschärfte]1 Schmerzen foltern mein Gebein,
[Doch, soll ich sterben, muß]2 es Morgen sein!
[Doch, soll]3 ich aus der Welt von hinnen gehn,
So muß ich erst erhellte Pfade sehn!
In meine Todesschauer sei gemischt
Der Frühe Schauer, der das All erfrischt!
Verstöhnen laß mich hier im Dunkel nicht,
Befreie deinen Kämpfer, starkes Licht!
Auf deinen goldnen Schwingen trägst du Heil,
Erlege mich mit deinem ersten Pfeil!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Wallnöfer 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Wallnöfer: "Wie scharfe"
2 Wallnöfer: "soll sterben ich, dann muss"
3 Wallnöfer: "Und muss"

Text Authorship:

  • by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), "Scheiden im Licht", appears in Verserzählung, in Huttens letzte Tage, in 8. Das Sterben, no. 70 [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 Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Scheiden im Licht", op. 38 no. 7 (1929) [ solo voices, chorus, organ, and orchestra ], from Das Dunkle Reich, choral fantasy for soloists, organ & orchestra, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Scheiden im Licht", op. 85 no. 7 [ voice and piano ], from 7 Dichtungen aus Ulrich Huttens letzte Tage von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2011-03-08
Line count: 10
Word count: 69

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