O grüner Baum des Lebens
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG FRE
O grüner Baum des Lebens,
In meiner Brust versteckt,
Laß mich nicht flehn vergebens!
Ich habe dich entdeckt.
O zeige mir die Wege
Durch diesen tiefen Schnee,
Wenn ich den Fuß bewege,
So gleit' ich von der Höh'.
Ich bliebe dir gern eigen,
Ich gäb mich selber auf, -
Willst du den Weg mir zeigen,
Soll enden hier mein Lauf?
Mein Denken ist verschwunden,
Es schlief das Haupt mir ein,
Es ist mein Herz entbunden
Von der Erkenntnis Schein.
Ich werd' in Strahlen schwimmen,
Aus dieses Leibes Nacht,
Wohin kein Mensch kann klimmen,
Mit des Gedankens Macht.
Es ward mein Sinn erheitert,
Die Welt mir aufgetan,
Der Geist in Gott erweitert,
Unendlich ist die Bahn!
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Achim von Arnim Werke, Band 5, Achim von Arnim Gedichte, herausgegeben von Ulfert Ricklefs, Frankfurt am Main: Deutscher Klassiker Verlag, 1994, page 943
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ô arbre de vie vert", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2008-07-13
Line count: 24
Word count: 114
Oh green tree of life
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Oh green tree of life
Hidden in my breast,
Let me not plead in vain!
I have discovered you.
Oh show me the pathways
Through this deep snow,
If I should move my foot
I would slip from on high.
I would gladly remain yours,
I would give myself up, --
If you would show me the way,
Shall the course of my life end here?
My ability to think has vanished,
My head has fallen asleep,
My heart has been delivered
From the illusion of perception.
In beams [of light] I shall float
From out this body’s night
There where no man can climb,
With the power of thought.
My disposition was exhilarated,
The world was opened to me,
My spirit was expanded in God,
The pathway is limitless!
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Text Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-03
Line count: 24
Word count: 129
