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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Lauter Diamant
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich hab in deinem Antlitzt
Meinen Sternenhimmel aus geträumt.

Alle meine bunten Rosenamen
Gab ich dir,

Und legte die Hand
Unter deinen Schritt,

Als ob ich dafür
Ins jenseits käme.

Immer weint nun
Vom Himmekl deine Mutter,

Da ich mich schnitzte
Aus deinem Herzfleische,

Und du so viel Liebe
Launig verstießest.

Dunkel ist es --
Es flackert nur noch
Das Licht meiner Seele.

Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Lauter diamant", appears in Die Kuppel, first published 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 Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "Lauter Diamant", op. 53 no. 5 (1990) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus I : Sechzehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler an Gottfried Benn, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Lauter Diamant", 1981 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor] , Karl Bellenberg [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-12-12
Line count: 17
Word count: 62

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