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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Erhebung
 (Sung text for setting by A. Schoenberg)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE NOR
Gib mir deine Hand,
  nur den Finger, dann
seh ich diesen ganzen Erdkreis
  als mein Eigen an!

O wie blüht mein Land,
  sieh dir's doch nur an,
daß es mit uns über die Wolken
  in die Sonne kann!

Composition:

    Set to music by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Erhebung", op. 2 (4 Lieder) no. 3 (1899)

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Erhebung", appears in Weib und Welt

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Elevation", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Élévation", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Opphøyelse", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42

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