by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan

Language: German (Deutsch) 
VOM HOCHSEIL herab-
gezwungen, ermißt du,
was zu gewärtigen ist
von soviel Gaben,

Käsig-weißes Gesicht
dessen, der über uns herfällt,

Setzt die Leuchtzeiger ein,
die Leucht-ziffern,

Sogleich, nach Menschenart,
mischt sich das Dunkel hinzu,
das du herauserkennst

aus all diesen 
unbußfertigen, unbotmäßigen
Spielen.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), no title, 1992, first performed 1993 [ voice and piano ], from Eingedunkelt, no. 8, confirmed with a concert programme booklet

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