Was ich wollte, liegt zerschlagen

Was ich wollte, liegt zerschlagen,
Herr, ich lasse ja das Klagen,
Und das Herz ist still.
Nun aber gib auch Kraft, zu tragen,
Was ich nicht will!

by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788-1857) , no title, from Geistliche Gedichte, in Der Umkehrende, no. 3

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869-1949) , ""Der Umkehrende" aus "Geistliche Gedichte"", op. 28, Heft 2 no. 3 [tenor], from Von deutscher Seele - Teil II - Leben und Singen, no. 3.
by Aribert Reimann (1936-) , "Der Umkehrende (III)", 1978 [baritone, piano], from Nachtstück II

ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

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