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Weiß nicht, woher ich bin gekommen, Weiß nicht, wohin ich werd' genommen, Doch weiß ich fest: daß ob mir ist Eine Liebe, die mich [nie]1 vergißt.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 326.
1 Bartels: "nicht"
Authorship:
- by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Ein Spruch", appears in Der letzte Blütenstrauß [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ein Spruch", 2012 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Bartels , "Zuversicht", from 25 Lieder und Gesänge, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Escher (1915 - 2008), "Spruch", op. 153 no. 1 (1993) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten verschiedenen Schriftsteller, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Ein Spruch", 1984, unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Vietor (flourished 1905-1930), "Ein Spruch", op. 16 (Neun Lieder) no. 3 (1937-8) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2004-05-07
Line count: 4
Word count: 26
I know not whence I came, I know not, whither I shall be taken, But I know steadfastly that above me there is A loving presence that [shall never]1 forget me.
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Translated titles:
"Ein Spruch" = "A maxim"
"Zuversicht" = "Assurance"
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "Ein Spruch", appears in Der letzte Blütenstrauß
This text was added to the website: 2013-10-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 31