by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Ich will in das Grenzenlose
  Zu mir zurück,
Schon blüht die Herbstzeitlose
  Meiner Seele,
Vielleicht -- ists schon zu spät zurück.
O, ich sterbe unter Euch!
Da Ihr mich erstickt mit Euch.
Fäden möchte ich um mich ziehen --
Wirrwarr endend!
  Beirrend,
Euch verwirrend,
  Um zu entfliehn
    Meinwärts!

Composition:

    Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Weltflucht", 2010 [ medium voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Withdrawal from the world", written 2010, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Fuite du monde", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website: 2006-07-13
Line count: 13
Word count: 46