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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Läuterung
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
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]

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

  • 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


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-04-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 100

Purification
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Comme avec des mains magiques
les rêves interviennent dans ma vie,
un ancien va s'achever,
un nouveau va se présenter.

Je vis une flamme sortir
d'une coupe d'or, haute et pure,
et la flamme semblait m'ordonner :
« jette ta souffrance dans cette coupe ! »

Et poussé par elle, en priant
je sentis une incandescence me saisir ;
ses langues bruissantes me baisaient
les yeux, le front et les joues.

Et je sentis clairement passer
d'un coup toutes mes souffrances,
me faisant frémir comme une flamme,
flottant moi-même dans la coupe d'or.

Comme avec des mains magiques
les rêves interviennent dans ma vie,
un ancien s'achèvera-t-il ?
un nouveau se présentera-t-il ?

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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
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This text was added to the website: 2017-03-25
Line count: 20
Word count: 108

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