Himmelfahrt

[Schwebst]1 du nieder aus den Weiten, 
Nacht mit deinem Silberkranz?
Hebt in deine Ewigkeiten
mich des Dunkels milder Glanz?

Als ob Augen liebend winken:
alle Liebe sei enthüllt!
als ob Arme sehnend sinken:
alle Sehnsucht sei erfüllt -

strahlt ein Stern mir aus den Weiten,
alle Ängste fallen ab,
seligste Versunkenheiten,
strahlt und strahlt und will herab.

Und es treiben mich Gewalten
ihm entgegen, und er sinkt -
und ein Quellen, ein Entfalten
seines Scheines nimmt und bringt

und erlöst mich in die Zeiten,
da noch keine Menschen sahn,
wie durch Nächte Sterne gleiten,
wie den Seelen Rätsel nahn.

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Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden, Zweiter Band, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1913, page 20

Authorship

• by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Himmelfahrt", appears in Weib und Welt [ author's text checked 2 times]

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

• by Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862 - 1930), "Himmelfahrt", op. 17 no. 4, published 1902 [voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Richard Dehmel, no. 4, Berlin, Deneke [ sung text not verified ]
• by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Himmelfahrt", 1908, from Fünf Lieder, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Another version of this text exists in the database.

• Go to the text. [ view differences ] FRE
  

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ascensió al cel", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Ascension", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Voyage vers le ciel", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Voyage vers le ciel

Flottes-tu depuis le lointain,
Nuit, avec ta couronne d'argent ?
Vers tes éternités
le doux éclat de l'obscurité me monte-t-il ?

Comme si des yeux faisaient des signes amoureusement :
que tout l'amour soit révélé !
comme si des bras tombaient de désir :
que tout désir soit accompli --

si une étoile brille pour moi au loin,
toutes les angoisses s'en vont,
submersion suprême,
elle brille, brille, et elle descendra.

Et des forces me conduisent
vers elle, et elle tombe
et une source, un déploiement
de son éclat sont pris et apportés,

et me délivre vers les temps
où aucun homme ne voyait
comment à travers la nuit les étoiles glissent,
comment les mystères s'approchent des âmes.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Himmelfahrt", appears in Weib und Welt CAT ENG
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Conrad Ansorge, Anton von Webern. Go to the text.

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