by Jean (Hans) Arp (1887 - 1966)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ein Mond aus Blut.
Ein Mond aus Schnee.
Ein Mond der so tut
als sei er un beweglich
aber unerwartet und im Handumdrehen
sich vor den Augen eines Mondtraumers
in die bodenlose Tiefe fallen läßt
um im gleichen Augenblick
aus der bodenlosen Tiefe
hinter dem mondträumer
wieder aufzutauchen
stumm wild silbern lächelnd.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Bernard Rands (b. 1934), "Ein Mond aus Blut", published 1980, first performed 1981 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Canti lunatici, no. 11, London : Universal Edition

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