by
Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)
Wenn ein müder Leib begraben
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Wenn ein müder Leib begraben,
Klingen Glocken ihn zur Ruh,
Und die Erde schließt die Wunde
Mit den schönsten Blumen zu.
Wenn die Liebe wird begraben,
Singen Lieder sie zur Ruh,
Und die Wunde bringt die Blumen --
Doch das Grab erst schließt sie zu.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
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Confirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke. Vierter Band. Plattdeutsche Erzählungen - Hochdeutsche Gedichte, Kiel und Leipzig, Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1893, page 173.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johan Cornelius Berghout (1869 - 1963), "Klänge", op. 12 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1899 [ alto and piano ], Rotterdam, Lichtenauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Klänge II", op. 66 (Fünf Duette) no. 2 (<<1875), published 1876 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Wenn ein müder Leib", op. 21 (Fünf Lieder im ernsten Ton) no. 2 (1907/9) [ voice and piano ], note: may be incorrect text for this setting - poet was not indicated in source catalogue [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Henricus Löser (b. 1850), "Wenn ein müder Leib begraben", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Amsterdam, Brix von Wahlberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Wenn ein müder Leib begraben ", op. 10 no. 2, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Claus Groth für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Sounds", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sons", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Giulio Cesare Barozzi) , "Suoni (n. 2)", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 44
Sounds
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
When a weary body is buried,
bells chime it to sleep;
and the earth closes the wound
with the loveliest flowers!
When love is buried,
songs sing it to sleep;
and the wound yields flowers,
but only the grave will close it!
Text Authorship:
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Word count: 42