Jedem werke bin ich fürder tot

Jedem werke bin ich fürder tot.
Dich mir nahzurufen mit den sinnen,
Neue reden mit dir auszuspinnen,
Dienst und lohn, gewährung und verbot,
Von allen dingen ist nur dieses not
Und weinen, daß die bilder immer fliehen,
Die in schöner finsternis gediehen -
Wann der kalte klare morgen droht.

Translation(s): CAT ENG FRE ITA

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• by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten [ 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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Jedem werke bin ich fürder tot", op. 15 no. 6 (1908-9), from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, no. 6. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Ad ogni altra impresa sono, d'ora in poi, defunto", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "Per a qualsevol esforç estic des d'ara com mort", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "I am henceforth dead to every deed", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I am henceforth dead to every deed

I am henceforth dead to every deed.
To call you near to me with my senses,
To weave new conversations with you,
Service and recompense, permission and forbiddance,
Of all things only this is necessary,
And weeping that the images ever flit away,
[The images] that flourished in beautiful darkness -
When the cold, clear morning threatens.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten CAT FRE ITA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg. Go to the text.

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