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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Wir Beide
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Abend weht Sehnen aus Blütensüße,
Und auf den Bergen brennt wie Silberdiamant der Reif,
Und Engelköpfchen gucken überm Himmelstreif,
Und wir beide sind im Paradiese.

Und uns gehört das ganze bunte Leben,
Das blaue große Bilderbuch mit Sternen!
Mit Wolkentieren, die sich jagen in den Fernen
Und hei! die Kreiselwinde, die uns drehn und heben!

Der liebe Gott träumt seinen Kindertraum
Vom Paradies – von seinen zwei Gespielen,
Und große Blumen sehn uns an von Dornenstielen …
Die düstre Erde hing noch grün am Baum.

Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Gesammelte Gedichte, Leipzig, Verlag der Weißen Bücher, 1917, page 183.


Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Wir Beide", appears in Der siebente Tag, appears in Meine Wunder, first published 1905 [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 Sibylle Friz (b. 1966), "Wir Beide", 2016, first performed 2017 [ 2 voices, cello, bass guitar, synthesizer ], from Komm zu mir in der Nacht... Zwölf Lieder für zwei Stimmen, Violoncello, Elektrobass und Loopstation, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Wir Beide", 1981 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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