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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Venus Fantasia!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Leih mir noch einmal die leichte Sandale;
sage, wer bist du, holde Gestalt?
Reich' mir die volle, die funkelnde Schale,
die du mir fülltest so viele Male!
Bist du die Jugend? Werde ich alt?

O! dann fülle die funkelnde Schale;
warum entweichst du mit aller Gewalt?
Leihe, o leih mir deine Sandale!
Willst du enteilen mit einem Male,
weil ich Tor dich einst Törin schalt?

Jetzt, jetzt preis'ich die leichte Sandale;
horch, o horch, wie mein Loblied schallt!
Reich' mir noch einmal die volle Schale!
Lass sie mich schlürfen zum letzten Male,
eh’ du verschwindest — o halt! halt! Halt!

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920) [author's text not yet checked 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 James Martin Simon (1880 - 1944), "Venus Fantasia!", copyright © 2025 [ voice and piano ], Rijswijk : Stichting Donemus Beheer
        Publisher: Donemus [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

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

This text was added to the website: 2026-10-22
Line count: 15
Word count: 100

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