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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Die Stadt aus Elfenbein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Bau mir die Stadt aus Elfenbein,
die Silberflut umschäume!
Durchs Tor der Träume zieht man ein.
Bau mir die Stadt aus Elfenbein,
die Stadt der Träume!

Die ungebornen Geister auch
begehren ihr Gefilde.
Erschaffe Welt zu ihrem Brauch, -
die ungebornen Geister auch
begehren Weltgebilde.

Auf sieben Hügeln baue sie,
die Silberflut umsäume;
die Elfengeister-Kolonie -
auf sieben Hügeln baue sie,
die Stadt der Träume!

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Die Stadt aus Elfenbein", appears in Gedichte aus dem Nachlass [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 Rudolf Jaggi (b. 1940), "Die Stadt aus Elfenbein", 1997 [voice and piano], from Drei Morgenstern-Lieder, no. 1. [
     text not verified 
    ]
  • by Ernest Vietor (fl. 1905-1930), "Die Stadt aus Elfenbein", op. 11 no. 4 (1933-4). [
     text not verified 
    ]
  • by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Die Stadt aus Elfenbein" [
     text not verified 
    ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "La ville d'ivoire", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-11-30
Line count: 15
Word count: 63

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