Zuerst war Eros im goldenen Licht

Zuerst war Eros im goldenen Licht
und wir wurden im Hag
als sein Hochgedicht
am strahlenden Tag
von ihm erschaffen.
 
Wir Vögel, vor den Göttern erwacht,
der Tiefe entstammt,
wir Enkel der Nacht,
vom Tag überflammt,
wir sind die Liebe!

Submitted by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Authorship

• by Karl Kraus (1874 - 1936), appears in Worte in Versen [ author's text not yet checked 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 Křenek (1900 - 1991), "Zuerst war Eros im goldenen Licht", op. 68 no. 3 (1931), published 1932 [coloratura soprano and piano or orchestra (2 flutes and string orchestra)], from Die Nachtigall für Koloratursopran und Klavier, no. 3, Wien und Leipzig, Universal Edition [
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