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[Schwebst]1 du nieder aus den Weiten, Nacht mit deinem Silberkranz? Hebt in deine Ewigkeiten mich des Dunkels milder Glanz? Als ob Augen liebend winken: alle Liebe sei enthüllt! als ob Arme sehnend sinken: alle Sehnsucht sei erfüllt - strahlt ein Stern mir aus den Weiten, alle Ängste fallen ab, seligste Versunkenheiten, strahlt und strahlt und will herab. Und es treiben mich Gewalten ihm entgegen, und er sinkt - und ein Quellen, ein Entfalten seines Scheines nimmt und bringt und erlöst mich in die Zeiten, da noch keine Menschen sahn, wie durch Nächte Sterne gleiten, wie den Seelen Rätsel nahn.
Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden, Zweiter Band, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1913, page 20
1 Ansorge: "Tauchst"; further changes may exist not noted above.Text Authorship:
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Himmelfahrt", appears in Weib und Welt [author's text checked 2 times 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 Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862 - 1930), "Himmelfahrt", op. 17 no. 4, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Richard Dehmel, no. 4, Berlin, Deneke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Himmelfahrt", 1908, from Fünf Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ascensió al cel", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Ascension", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Voyage vers le ciel", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jeroen Scholten , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 98
Do you [waft down]1 from the expanses, night, with your silver wreath? Does the mild radiance of darkness lift me into your eternities? As if eyes beckon lovingly: may all love be unveiled! as if arms sink yearningly: may all yearning be fulfilled - [thus] a star shines for me from the distances -- all anxieties fall away, most blissful immersions -- shines and shines and wishes to descend [to me]. And powerful forces drive me towards [the star], and it sinks - and a burgeoning, a blossoming of its radiance takes and gives and redeems me into the times when no people yet saw how stars glide through nights, how enigmas approach souls.
1 Ansorge: "sink"
Note: Ansorge may have other textual changes not noted.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Himmelfahrt", appears in Weib und Welt
This text was added to the website: 2017-10-17
Line count: 20
Word count: 111