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Da meine lippen reglos sind und brennen Beacht ich erst wohin mein fuss geriet: In andrer herren prächtiges gebiet. Noch war vielleicht mir möglich mich zu trennen · Da schien es dass durch hohe gitterstäbe Der blick vor dem ich ohne lass gekniet Mich fragend suchte oder zeichen gäbe.
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Confirmed with Stefan George, Die Bücher der Hirten- und Preisgedichte, der Sagen und Sänge und der hängenden Gärten. Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 3, Berlin, 1930, page 104.
Text Authorship:
- by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Da meine lippen reglos sind und brennen", op. 15 no. 4 (1908-9), from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Puix que els meus llavis no es mouen i cremen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ora che bruciano immote le mie labbra", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 49
Puix que els meus llavis no es mouen i cremen, em dono compte, adés, on els meus peus han anat a raure, en el magnífic domini d'altres senyors. Potser encara m'hagués estat possible de deslliurar-me, llavors semblà però que, traspassant alts reixats, l'esguard, davant el qual jo, sense arrest, m'agenollava, em sotgés o em fes signes.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2012 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten
This text was added to the website: 2012-12-04
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Word count: 56
