Kling!...
Meine Seele gibt reinen Ton.
Und ich wähnte die Arme
Von dem wütenden Harme
Wilder Zeiten zerrissen schon.

Sing!
Meine Seele, den Beichtgesang
Wiedergewonnener Fülle!
Hebe vom Herzen die Hülle!
Heil dir, geläuterter Innenklang!

Kling!
[Meine Seele, dein Leben]1, 
Quellendes, frisches Gebild!
Blühendes hat sich begeben
Auf dem verdorrten Gefild.

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¹ Strauss: "Kling meine Seele, kling dein Leben"

Text Authorship:

• by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929), "Kling!..." [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Kling!", op. 48 (Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Otto Julius Bierbaum und Karl Henckell) no. 3 (1900), published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Sona!...", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Shawn Thuris) , "Ring!", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Carillonne !", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Suona!", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

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