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Still, daß [es sie nicht stört]1, Leise hier geh! Wachsen [die Blumen]2 hört Sie unterm Schnee. All ihr Haar hell wie Gold Des Moders Raub, Sie, die so jung und hold Sank in den Staub. Weiss wie Schnee, lilienklar, Wusste sie kaum, Daß sie ein Mägdlein war, Wuchs wie im Traum. Sarg nun und schwerer Stein Lasten auf ihr; Ich quäl'mein Herz allein, Sie schlummert hier. Frieden! Nicht Lautenschall Hört sie noch Lieder; Hier ruht mein Leben all Werft Erde nieder!
Confirmed with Otto Hauser, Oscar Wildes Sämtliche Werke in deutscher Sprache, erster Band, Wien und Leipzig: Wiener Verlag, 1906, page 31. Appears in Gedichte, in Rosa Mystica. Note: the title is given as "Requiemscat", which we have corrected above. The table of contents adds an additional typo and gives the title as "Repuiemscat".
1 Schulhoff: "sie es nicht hört"2 Schulhoff: "das Masslieb"
Text Authorship:
- by Otto Hauser (1876 - 1944), "Requiescat" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "Requiescat", from Poems, first published 1881
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Erwin Schulhoff (1894 - 1942), "Requiescat", op. 15 no. 2 (1914) [ alto and piano ], from Rosa Mystica, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Qu'elle repose", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-22
Line count: 20
Word count: 84
Silence, qu'elle n'entende pas , Marchez doucement ! Elle entend pousser les pâquerettes, Sous la neige. Toute sa chevelure brillante comme l'or Est la proie de la pourriture, Elle qui était si jeune et si belle Est tombée en poussière. Blanche comme la neige, claire comme le lys, À peine savait-elle Qu'elle était une jeune fille, Elle grandissait comme dans un rêve. Maintenant un cercueil et une pierre plus lourde Pèse sur la pierre ; Je torture mon cœur solitaire, Elle sommeille ici. Paix ! Ni le son du luth, Ni les chants elle n'entend ; Ici repose toute ma vie Sous un tas de terre.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Hauser (1876 - 1944), "Requiescat"
Based on:
- a text in English by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "Requiescat", from Poems, first published 1881
This text was added to the website: 2014-12-18
Line count: 20
Word count: 102