Es blüht der Winter im Geäst, und weiße Schleier fallen. Einsam erfriert ein Vogelnest. Wie vormals läßt das Weihnachtsfest die Glocken widerhallen. Es neigt sich über uns der Raum, darin auch wir uns neigen. Es glänzt der Kindheit Sternentraum. Ein neuer Stern blinkt hoch am Baum und winkt aus allen Zweigen.
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Confirmed with Johannes R. Becher, Abschied. Einer deutschen Tragödie erster Teil 1900-1914, Aufbau-Verlag, 1949, page 131.
Authorship:
- by Johannes Robert Becher (1891 - 1958), "Weihnacht", appears in Abschied. Einer deutschen Tragödie [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 Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905 - 1988), "Weihnacht" [sung text not yet checked]
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