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Wie mit zauberischen Händen greifen Träume in mein Leben, will ein Altes sich vollenden, will ein Neues sich begeben. Eine Flamme sah ich lodern hoch und rein aus goldner Schale, und die Flamme schien zu fodern: wirf dein Leid in diese Schale! Und anbetend hingezwungen fühlt' ich Gluten mich umfangen; rauschend küßten ihre Zungen mir die Augen, Stirn und Wangen. Und ich fühlte hell vergehen all mein Leid mit einem Male, rauschend mich als Flamme wehen selber in der goldnen Schale. Wie mit zauberischen Händen greifen Träume in mein Leben. will ein Altes sich vollenden? will ein Neues sich begeben?
Confirmed with: Richard Dehmel Gesammelte Werk in drei Bänden, Erster Band, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1913, page 53.
Text Authorship:
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Läuterung", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche [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 Richard Rössler (1880 - 1962), "Läuterung", op. 18 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published [1908] [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Verlag von Kies und Erler [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Purification", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Purification", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2015-04-09
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Word count: 100
As if with magical hands dreams reach into my life; something old wishes to end, something new wishes to take place. I saw a flame blazing High and pure from a golden vessel, and the flame seemed to demand [of me]: throw your suffering into this vessel! And prayerfully forced toward it, I felt glowing flames engulf me; with a soughing, their tongues kissed my eyes, brow and cheeks. And brightly, all at once, I felt all my sorrow vanish, [Felt] myself to be a flame wafting, soughing in the gold vessel. As if with magical hands dreams reach into my life, does something old wish to end? does something new wish to take place?
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Läuterung", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche
This text was added to the website: 2015-04-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 115