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by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849)
Translation by Karl Maria Kertbeny (1824 - 1882)

Meine erste Liebe sank in Grabesnacht
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Hungarian (Magyar) 
Meine erste Liebe sank in Grabesnacht, 
Und als Mond hat an dem Grab mein Schmerz gewacht.
Neue Lieb' kommt sonnenhaft! -- Die Nacht entweicht, 
Aufwärts steigt die Sonne, und der Mond erbleicht.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Maria Kertbeny (1824 - 1882), "Liebesperlen" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Gustav Friedrich Kogel (1849 - 1921), "Meine erste Liebe sank in Grabesnacht", op. 5 no. 2, published 1876 [voice and piano], from Drei Lieder aus den Liebesperlen von A. Petöfi, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Luckhardt [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 31

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