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by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Frage
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Russian (Русский) 
Hier in diese 
Erdenscholle
hat des Himmels 
Allvermögen
Lebensodem 
eingeblasen
und bewohnt sie 
als Gebieter.

Von der Wiege 
bis zum Grabe
führt die Erde 
mit dem Geiste 
Krieg; die Erde 
will nicht Sklavin 
sein, unmöglich 
aber ist ihrs, 
diese Last von 
sich zu streifen.
Und dem Geist des 
Himmels ist es 
auch unmöglich,
sich mit dieser 
Erdenscholle 
zu verbünden.

Wann ist dieser 
Streit beendet?
Wer wird siegen?
Gott mag's wissen!
Tief verborgen 
ist der Sinn in 
diesem Rätsel.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Вопрос", subtitle: "(Дума)", written 1837
    • Go to the text page.

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) Georg Göhler (1874 - 1954), "Frage", op. 1 no. 1, published 1899 [low voice and piano], from Betrachtungen. Drei Gesänge von Alexei Kolzew für 1 tiefe Singstimme und Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-10-04
Line count: 31
Word count: 78

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