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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Georg Trakl
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Seine Augen standen ganz fern.
Er war als Knabe einmal schon im Himmel.

Darum kamen seine Worte hervor
Auf blauen und weißen Wolken.

Wir stritten über Religion,
Aber immer wie zwei Spielgefährten,

Und bereiteten Gott von Mund zu Mund.
Im Anfang war das Wort.

Des Dichters Herz, eine feste Burg,
Seine Gedichte: Singende Thesen.

Er war wohl Martin Luther.

Seine dreifaltige Seele trug er in der Hand,
Als er in den heiligen Krieg zog.

– Dann wußte ich, er war gestorben –

Sein Schatten weilte unbegreiflich
Auf dem Abend meines Zimmers.

Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Gesammelte Gedichte, Leipzig, Verlag der Weißen Bücher, 1917, page 117.


Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Georg Trakl" [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 Theodore P. Saunway (b. 1940), "Georg Trakl", 2009, first performed 2010 [ baritone, flute, viola, cello ], from Fünf Lieder nach Else Lasker-Schüler und Georg Trakl für Bariton, Flöte, Viola und Cello, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Andreas Schmidt-Kaminski (b. 1968), "Georg Trakl", 2012 [ baritone and piano ], from November Songs für Bariton und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 91

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