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O mein Geliebter - in die Kissen bet' ich nach dir, ins Firmament! O könnt ich sagen, dürft er wissen, wie meine Einsamkeit mich brennt! O Welt, wann darf ich ihn umschlingen! O laß ihn mir im Traume nahn, mich wie die Erde um ihn schwingen und seinen Sonnenkuß empfahn und seine Flammenkräfte trinken, ihm Flammen, Flammen wiedersprühn, oh [sic] Welt, bis wir zusammensinken in überirdischem Erglühn! O Welt des Lichtes, Welt der Wonne! O Nacht der Sehnsucht, Welt der Qual! O Traum der Erde: Sonne, Sonne! O mein Geliebter - mein Gemahl -
Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Erlösungen: Gedichte und Sprüche, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, MCMXXIII, page 73
Text Authorship:
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Nachtgebet der Braut", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in 2. Zweiter Abschnitt [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 Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Nachtgebet der Braut", 1899-1903, from Drei Gedichte für Gesang und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Nachtgebet der Braut", op. 25 no. 5 (1919) [ soprano and piano ], from Dehmel-Zyklus. 14 Lieder und Duette für Sopran, Tenor und Klavier , no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Night-Prayer of the Bride", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Prière nocturne de la fiancée", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Jeroen Scholten , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 91
Oh my beloved -- into the pillows I pray for you [to come to me], into the firmament! Oh could I articulate, were he permitted to know, how my solitude burns me! Oh world, when may I embrace him! Oh let him come near me in my dreams, [let] me orbit him like the earth and receive his sun-kiss and drink his flaming powers, to shoot forth flames, flames in response, oh world, until we sink down together in otherworldly incandescence! Oh world of light, world of bliss! Oh night of yearning, world of agony! Oh dream of earth: sun, sun! Oh my beloved -- my spouse --
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Nachtgebet der Braut", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in 2. Zweiter Abschnitt
This text was added to the website: 2017-09-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 105