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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Mein Kind
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mein Kind schreit auf um die Mitternacht
Und ist so heiß aus dem Traum erwacht.

Gäb ihm so gern meines Blutes Mai,
Spräng nur mein bebendes Herz entzwei.

Der Tod schleicht im Hyänenfell
Am Himmelsstreif im Mondeshell.

Aber die Erde im Blütenkeusch
Singt Lenz im kreisenden Weltgeräusch.

Und wundersüß küßt der Maienwind
Als duftender Gottesbote mein Kind.

Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Gesammelte Gedichte, Leipzig, Verlag der Weißen Bücher, 1917, page 75.


Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Mein Kind", appears in Styx, Gedichte, first published 1902 [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 Hermann Große-Schware (b. 1931), "Mein Kind", 1992 [ alto and piano ], from Vier Lieder für Alt und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Mein Kind", op. 26a no. 23 [ voice and piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Zyklus , no. 23, Book IV -- Nachklänge [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Mein Kind", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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