Leb wohl, Frau Welt | Es liegt die Welt in Scherben

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Es liegt die Welt in Scherben

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Es liegt die Welt in Scherben,
Einst liebten wir sie sehr,
Nun hat für uns das Sterben
Nicht viele Schrecken mehr.

Man soll die Welt nicht schmähen,
Sie ist so bunt und wild,
Uralte Zauber wehen
Noch immer um ihr Bild.

Wir wollen dankbar scheiden
Aus ihrem großen Spiel;
Sie gab uns Lust und Leiden,
Sie gab uns Liebe viel.

Leb wohl, Frau Welt, und schmücke
Dich wieder jung und glatt,
Wir sind von deinem Glücke
Und deinem Jammer satt.

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• H. Fleischer

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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 372.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Leb wohl, Frau Welt", written 1944 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Gottfried von Einem (1918 - 1996), "Leb wohl, Frau Welt", op. 43 no. 7 (1974) [ medium voice and piano ], from Leb wohl, Frau Welt, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Nun liegt die Welt in Scherben", op. 157 (6 Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier) no. 1 (1944) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Richard Junker , "Leb wohl, Frau Welt", 1947 [ tenor and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Georg Krietsch (1904 - 1969), "Leb wohl, Frau Welt", published 1953 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Leukauf (1902 - 1978), "Leb wohl, Frau Welt ", 1947 [ medium voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder für mittlere Stimme, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Leb wohl, Frau Welt " [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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