HINTERM KOHLGEZINKTEN Schlaf - man kennt unsre Kate - wo uns der Traumkamm schwoll, feurig, trotz allem, und ich die Goldnägel trieb in unser nebenher sargschön schwimmendes Morgen, da schnellten die Ruten königlich vor unserm Aug, Wasser kam, Wasser, bissig gruben sich Kähne voran durch die Großsekunde Gedächtnis, es trieb das Getier mit den Schlamm-Mäulern um uns - so viel fing noch kein Himmel - was warst du, Zerrissene, doch wieder für eine Reuse! -, trieb das Getier, das Getier. Salzhorizonte bauten an unsern Blicken, es wuchs ein Gebirg weit hinaus in die Schlucht, in der meine Welt die deine aufbot, für immer.
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Authorship:
- by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan, appears in Atemwende [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 Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "Hinterm kohlgezinkten Schlaf", 1971, first performed 1971 [ baritone and orchestra ], from Zyklus, no. 5, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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