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Zwei Gesänge nach Texten von Nelly Sachs

Song Cycle by Meinrad Schütter (1910 - 2006)

?. Schmetterling
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Welch schönes Jenseits
ist in deinen Staub gemalt.
Durch den Flammenkern der Erde,
durch ihre steinerne Schale
wurdest du gereicht,
Abschiedswebe in der Vergänglichkeiten Maß.

Schmetterling
aller Wesen gute Nacht!
Die Gewichte von Leben und Tod
senken sich mit deinen Flügeln
auf die Rose nieder
die mit dem heimwärts reifenden Licht welkt.

Welch schönes Jenseits
ist in deinen Staub gemalt.
Welch Königszeichen
im Geheimnis der Luft.

Text Authorship:

  • by Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970), "Schmetterling"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Butterfly", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 66
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