O, ich wollte, daß ich wunschlos schlief,
Wüßt ich einen Strom, wie mein Leben so tief,
Flösse mit seinen Wassern.
Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Gesammelte Gedichte, Leipzig, Verlag der Weißen Bücherpage, 1917, page 37.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Viola Galgoczy-Mecher (b. 1961), "Styx", 1994 [ mezzo-soprano, English horn, piano ], from Styx. Sechs Lieder. Für Mezzosopran, Englischhorn und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ulrich Küchl (b. 1943), "Styx", op. 2 no. 2 (1982), first performed 1982 [ medium voice and piano ], from Aus der Tiefe. Liederzyklus für mittlere Stimme und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Styx", op. 297 no. 1 (2019) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Else Lasker-Schüler, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Styx", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 44 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedemann Stolte (b. 1966), "Styx", 1997 [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Styx", 1977 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Styx", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Oh, I would that I were sleeping contentedly,
That I knew of a river as deep as my life,
[That I could] flow with its waters.
