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by Rudolf Georg Binding (1867 - 1938)

Erlöschen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nur wen das Dunkel ergreift
wird seine Nächte bestehn.
Wen nicht das Dunklere streift,
wer kann zum Dunkelsten gehn?

O du tiefes Gewicht!
Nacht, du erdrückst mir das Haus.
Leichter ist alles im Licht.
Aber das Leichte löscht aus.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rudolf Georg Binding (1867 - 1938), "Erlöschen", appears in Spätere Gedichte, in Tag der Erde und des Erlebens [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 Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske (1916 - 1969), "Erlöschen", op. 7 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-06-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

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