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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)

Schwarze Zweige blättern stumm mich zu
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Schwarze Zweige blättern stumm mich zu,
denn mein Herz will in die Ruh.
Aber aus den tiefsten Schatten
tritt [herein]1 ein leuchtendnacktes Weib,
und noch einmal werd' ich mich begatten,
weil noch Seele heischt ein Leib.
Ein blauer Himmel ist erhellt,
Und wieder steh' ich träumend schaffend in der Sonnenwelt.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Knab 

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Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Der Glühende: ein Gedichtwerk , Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, 1896, page 106

1 Knab: "hervor"

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Der Glühende: ein Gedichtwerk, no. 98, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Schwarze Zweige blättern stumm mich zu", 1917, published 1925 [voice and piano], from Mombert-Lieder, no. 6. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Black branches mutely cover me with leaves", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-07-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

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