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Lieder zu Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Nikolaus Lenau, Rainer Maria Rilke

Song Cycle by Nicolae Bretan (1887 - 1968)

?. Die Botschaft
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mein Knecht! steh auf und sattle schnell,
Und wirf dich auf dein Roß,
Und jage rasch durch Wald und Feld
Nach König Duncans Schloß.

Dort schleiche in den Stall, und wart,
Bis dich der Stallbub schaut.
Den forsch mir aus: "Sprich, welche ist
Von Duncans Töchtern Braut?"

Und spricht der Bub: "Die Braune ist's",
So bring mir schnell die Mär.
Doch spricht der Bub: "Die Blonde ist's",
So eilt das nicht so sehr.

Dann geh zum Meister Seiler hin,
Und kauf mir einen Strick,
Und reite langsam, sprich kein Wort,
Und bring mir den zurück.

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  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The message", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le message", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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?. Es war ein alter König  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es war ein alter König,
sein Herz war schwer, sein [Haupt]1 war grau;
der arme alte König,
er nahm eine junge Frau.

Es war ein [schöner]2 Page,
blond war sein [Haupt]3, leicht war sein Sinn;
er trug die [seid'ne]4 Schleppe
der jungen Königin.

Kennst du das alte Liedchen?
Es klingt so süß, es klingt so trüb!
Sie mußten beide sterben,
sie hatten sich viel zu lieb.

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "There was an old king", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Il était un vieux roi", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Joost van der Linden) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Neue Gedichte von H. Heine, Zweite Auflage, Hamburg, bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1844, page 28.

1 Diepenbrock: "Haar"
2 Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Zemlinsky: "junger"
3 Wolfrum: "Haar"
4 Goldschmidt: "seidene"

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?. Es ragt ins Meer
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es ragt ins Meer der Runenstein,
da sitz' ich mit meinen Träumen.
Es pfeift der Wind, die Möwen schrein,
die Wellen, die wandern und schäumen.

Ich habe geliebt manch schönes Kind
und manchen guten Gesellen -
Wo sind die hin? Es pfeift der Wind,
es schäumen und wandern die Wellen.

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?. Mit schwarzen Segeln  [sung text not yet checked]

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Mit schwarzen Segeln segelt mein Schiff
wohl über das wilde Meer;
du weißt, wie sehr ich traurig bin,
und kränkst mich [noch]1 so schwer.

Dein Herz ist treulos wie der Wind
und flattert hin und her;
mit schwarzen Segeln segelt mein Schiff
wohl über das wilde Meer.

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  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "With black sails my ship plows", copyright ©
  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Con nere vele veleggia la mia nave", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) (Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov) , no title, first published 1858

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1 Griffes: "doch"

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?. Neuer Frühling  [sung text not yet checked]

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Morgens send ich dir die Veilchen,
Die ich früh im Wald gefunden,
Und des Abends bring ich Rosen,
Die ich brach in Dämmrungstunden.

Weißt du, was die hübschen Blumen
Dir Verblümtes sagen möchten?
Treu sein sollst du mir am Tage
Und mich lieben in den Nächten.

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?. Es haben unsre Herzen  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es haben unsre Herzen
Geschlossen die heilge Allianz;
Sie lagen fest aneinander,
Und sie verstanden sich ganz.

Ach, nur die junge Rose,
Die deine Brust geschmückt,
Die arme Bundesgenossin,
Sie wurde fast zerdrückt.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nos cœurs ont conclu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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?. Wenn du mir vorüberwandelst  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn du mir vorüberwandelst,
Und dein Kleid berührt mich nur,
Jubelt dir mein Herz, und stürmisch
Folgt es deiner schönen Spur.

[Dann]1 drehst du dich um, und schaust mich
Mit den großen Augen an,
[Und mein Herz ist]2 so erschrocken,
Daß es kaum dir folgen kann.

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "When you walk past me", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Lorsque tu passes près de moi", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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1 Reissiger: "Doch"
2 Reissiger: "ist mein Herz gleich"

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?. When you pass by me

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When you pass by me
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?. Uneori, trecînd pe‑aproape

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Uneori, trecînd pe-aproape 
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?. Weil ich dich liebe  [sung text not yet checked]

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Weil ich dich liebe, muß ich fliehend
Dein Antlitz meiden - zürne nicht.
Wie paßt dein Antlitz, schön und blühend,
Zu meinem traurigen Gesicht!

Weil ich dich liebe, wird so bläßlich,
So elend mager mein Gesicht -
Du fändest mich am Ende häßlich -
Ich will dich meiden - zürne nicht.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Parce que je t'aime, il faut qu'en fuyant", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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?. Because I love you

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Because I love you
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?. Doar din iubire

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Doar din iubire
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?. Ich wandle unter Blumen  [sung text not yet checked]

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Ich wandle unter Blumen
Und blühe selber mit,
Ich wandle wie im Traume
Und schwanke bei jedem Schritt.
 
O halt mich fest, Geliebte!
Vor Liebestrunkenheit
Fall' ich dir sonst zu Füßen
Und der Garten ist voller Leut!

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je me promenais parmi les fleurs", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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?. Prin flori colind

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Prin flori colind
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?. Like the image of the moon

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Like the image of the moon
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?. Wie des Mondes Abbild zittert  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie des Mondes Abbild zittert
In den wilden Meereswogen,
Und er selber still und sicher
Wandelt an dem Himmelsbogen:

Also wandelst du, Geliebte,
Still und sicher, und es zittert
Nur dein Abbild mir im Herzen,
Weil mein eig'nes Herz erschüttert.

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Just as the moon's reflection trembles", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Comme le reflet de la lune tremble", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Neue Gedichte von Heinrich Heine, Zehnte Auflage, Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1871, page 29.

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?. Fata lunii‑n valul marii

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Fata lunii-n valul marii
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?. Our hearts have...

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Our hearts have...
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?. Ah, inimile noastre

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Ah, inimile noastre
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?. Wie die Nelken duftig atmen  [sung text not yet checked]

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Wie die Nelken duftig atmen!
Wie die Sterne, ein Gewimmel
Goldner Bienen, ängstlich schimmern
An dem veilchenblauen Himmel!

Aus dem Dunkel der Kastanien
Glänzt das Landhaus, weiß und lüstern,
Und ich hör die Glastür klirren
Und die liebe Stimme flüstern.

Holdes Zittern, süßes Beben,
Furchtsam zärtliches Umschlingen -
Und die jungen Rosen lauschen,
Und die Nachtigallen singen.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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?. How the carnations perfume the air!

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How the carnations perfume the air!
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?. Ce mireasma de garoafe

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Ce mireasma de garoafe
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?. Küsse, die man stiehlt im Dunkeln  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Küsse, die man stiehlt im Dunkeln
Und im Dunkeln wiedergibt,
Solche Küsse, wie beselgen
Sie die Seele, wenn sie liebt!

Ahnend und erinnrungsüchtig
Denkt die Seele sich dabei
Manches von vergangnen Tagen,
Und von Zukunft mancherlei.

Doch das gar zu viele Denken
Ist bedenklich, wenn man küßt; -
Weine lieber, liebe Seele,
Weil das Weinen leichter ist.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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?. Kisses that one steals in darkness

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Kisses that one steals in darkness
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?. Sărutări furate

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?. There was an old king

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There was an old king
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?. A fost odata un batrîn rege

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A fost odata un batrîn rege
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?. New spring

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?. Primavera noua

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?. Sterne  [sung text not yet checked]

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   Sterne mit den goldnen Füßchen,
Wandeln droben bang und sacht,
Daß sie nicht die Erde wecken
Die da schläft im Schoß der Nacht.
 
   Horchend stehn die stummen Wälder,
Jedes Blatt ein grünes Ohr!
Und der Berg, wie träumend streckt er
Seinen Schattenarm hervor.
 
   Doch was rief [dort]1? In mein Herze
Dringt der Töne Widerhall.
War es der Geliebten Stimme,
Oder [nur]2 die Nachtigall?

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (John Sullivan Dwight) , "Stars with little golden feetlet"
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Stelle dalle zampette d'oro", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 251.

1 Franz, Wolf: "es"
2 Franz, Wolf: "war's"

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?. Stars

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?. Stele

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?. Spring is solemn

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Spring is solemn
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?. Ernst ist der Frühling  [sung text not yet checked]

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Ernst ist der Frühling, seine Träume
sind traurig, jede Blume schaut
von Schmerz bewegt, es bebt geheime
Wehmut im Nachtigallenlaut.

O, lächle nicht, geliebte Schöne,
so freundlich heiter, lächle nicht!
O, weine lieber! Eine Träne
küss' ich so gern dir vom Gesicht.

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  • ENG English (Jean-Pierre Granger) , "Beloved beauty", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Gerardo Garciacano Hinojosa) (Simone von Büren) , "Seria es la primavera", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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?. Ah, primavera

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Ah, primavera
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?. The ancient stone bites into the sea

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The ancient stone bites into the sea
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?. Pe malul marii

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Pe malul marii
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?. Cu steag cernit

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Cu steag cernit
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?. With black sail

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With black sail
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?. Shadow kisses, shadow love

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Shadow kisses, shadow love
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?. Umbre‑s doar sarut, iubire

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Umbre-s doar sarut, iubire
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?. Wandl' ich in dem Wald  [sung text not yet checked]

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Wandl' ich [in dem]1 Wald des Abends,
In dem träumerischen Wald,
Immer wandelt mir zur Seite
Deine zärtliche Gestalt.
 
Ist es nicht dein weißer Schleier?
Nicht dein sanftes Angesicht?
Oder ist es nur der Mondschein,
Der durch Tannendunkel bricht?
 
Sind es meine eignen Tränen
Die ich leise rinnen hör'?
Oder gehst du, Liebste, [wirklich]2
Weinend neben mir einher?

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?. I wander the forest

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I wander the forest
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?. Prin padurea visatore

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Prin padurea visatore
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?. Ich wollte, meine Lieder  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich wollte, meine Lieder
Das wären Blümelein:
Ich schickte sie zu riechen
Der Herzallerliebsten mein.

Ich wollte, meine Lieder
Das wären Küsse fein:
Ich schickt sie heimlich alle
Nach Liebchens Wängelein.

Ich wollte, meine Lieder
Das wären Erbsen klein:
Ich kocht eine Erbsensuppe,
Die sollte köstlich sein.

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?. I wish my songs

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I wish my songs
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Ein Fichtenbaum

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ein [Fichtenbaum]1 steht einsam
Im Norden auf kahler Höh';
Ihn schläfert; mit weißer Decke
Umhüllen ihn Eis und Schnee.

Er träumt von einer Palme,
Die fern im Morgenland,
Einsam und [schweigend]2 trauert
Auf brennender Felsenwand.

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Set by Nicolae Bretan (1887 - 1968), 1905 [ voice and piano ], Editio Musica Budapest
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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 137.

1 Biegeleben: "Tannenbaum"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Marx: "schweigsam"

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Kindheit

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Da rinnt der Schule lange Angst und Zeit
mit Warten hin, mit lauter dumpfen Dingen.
O Einsamkeit, o schweres Zeitverbringen...
Und dann hinaus: die Straßen sprühn und klingen
und auf den Plätzen die Fontänen springen
und in den Gärten wird die Welt so weit -.
Und durch das alles gehn im kleinen Kleid,
ganz anders als die andern gehn und gingen -:
O wunderliche Zeit, o Zeitverbringen,
o Einsamkeit.

Und in das alles fern hinauszuschauen:
Männer und Frauen; Männer, Männer, Frauen
und Kinder, welche anders sind und bunt;
und da ein Haus und dann und wann ein Hund
und Schrecken lautlos wechselnd mit Vertrauen -:
O Trauer ohne Sinn, o Traum, o Grauen,
o Tiefe ohne Grund.

Und so zu spielen: Ball und Ring und Reifen
in einem Garten, welcher sanft verblasst,
und manchmal die Erwachsenen zu streifen,
blind und verwildert in des Haschens Hast,
aber am Abend still, mit kleinen steifen
Schritten nachhaus zu gehn, fest angefasst -:
O immer mehr entweichendes Begreifen,
o Angst, o Last.

Und stundenlang am großen grauen Teiche
mit einem kleinen Segelschiff zu knien;
es zu vergessen, weil noch andre, gleiche
und schönere Segel durch die Ringe ziehn,
und denken müssen an das kleine bleiche
Gesicht, das sinkend aus dem Teiche schien -:
O Kindheit, o entgleitende Vergleiche.
Wohin? Wohin?

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Set by Nicolae Bretan (1887 - 1968), published 1989 [ voice and piano ], Editio Musica Budapest
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