VOM HOCHSEIL herab- gezwungen, ermißt du, was zu gewärtigen ist von soviel Gaben, Käsig-weißes Gesicht dessen, der über uns herfällt, Setzt die Leuchtzeiger ein, die Leucht-ziffern, Sogleich, nach Menschenart, mischt sich das Dunkel hinzu, das du herauserkennst aus all diesen unbußfertigen, unbotmäßigen Spielen.
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Authorship:
- by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan [author's text not yet checked 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 Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "VOM HOCHSEIL herab", 1992, first performed 1993 [ voice and piano ], from Eingedunkelt, no. 8, confirmed with a concert programme booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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