Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
Music: Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) · Words: Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866)
Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
ihr sprühtet mir in manchen Augenblikke,
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The words
Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
ihr sprühtet mir in manchen Augenblikke,
o Augen!
O Augen!
Gleichsam, um voll in einem Blicke
zu drängen eure ganze Macht zusammen.
Doch ahnt’ ich nicht,
weil Nebel mich umschwammen,
gewoben vom verblendenden Geschikke,
dass sich der Strahl bereits zur Heimkehr
schicke,
dorthin,
dorthin,
von wannen alle Strahlen stammen.
Ihr wolltet mir mit eurem Leuchten sagen:
Wir möchten nah dir bleiben gerne!
Doch ist uns das vom Schicksal abgeschlagen.
Sieh’ uns nur an,
denn bald sind wir dir ferne!
Was dir nur Augen sind in diesen Tagen:
in künft'gen Nächten sind es dir nur Sterne.
About this song
- Music
- Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- German, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1905, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 4:59
- Its source files it as
- Kindertotenlieder
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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