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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Trost im Gesang
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Der Wandrer, dem verschwunden
So Sonn' als Mondenlicht,
Der singt ein Lied ins Dunkel
Und härmt sich länger nicht.
Er schreitet mutig weiter
Die menschenleere Bahn,
Viel lichte Sangesbilder,
Die ziehen ihm voran.

Nacht ist's auch mir geworden,
Die Freunde stehen fern,
Von meinem Himmel schwindet
Der allerletzte Stern;
Doch geh' ich mutig weiter
Die menschenleere Bahn,
Noch ziehen Sangesbilder
Ja mir auch licht voran.

Text Authorship:

  • by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Trost im Gesang" [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 Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Trost im Gesang" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Trost im Gesang", op. posth. 142 (Vier Gesänge) no. 1 (1840), published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Conhort en el cant", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Troost in het zingen", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Comfort in song", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Consolation dans le chant", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Conforto nel canto", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 65

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