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by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929)

Lied der Welt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Flieg hin, Zeit, du bist meine Magd,
Schmück mich, wenn es nächtet, schmück mich, wenn es tagt,
Flicht mir mein Haar, spiel mir um den Schuh,
Ich bin die Frau, die Magd bist du.

Heia!
Doch einmal trittst du zornig herein,
Die Sterne schießen schiefen Schein,
Der Wind durchfährt den hohen Saal,
Die Sonn geht aus, das Licht wird fahl,

Der Boden gibt einen toten Schein,
Da wirst du meine Herrin sein!
O weh!
Und ich deine Magd, schwach und verzagt,
Gott sei’s geklagt!

Flieg hin, Zeit! Die Zeit ist noch weit!
Heia!

Confirmed with Hugo Hofmannsthal, Gedichte Insel Verlag, Leipzig, 1922, page 38.


Text Authorship:

  • by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Lied der Welt", written 1920 [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 Robert Lillinger (b. 1990), "Lied der Welt", 2018 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Hugo von Hofmannsthal , no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885 - 1974), "Lied der Welt", op. 54 (1936-1938) [ soprano and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-08-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 93

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