Entbietung
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG FRE
Schmück dir das Haar mit wildem Mohn,
die Nacht ist da,
all ihre Sterne glühen schon.
All ihre Sterne glühn heut dir!
Du weißt es ja:
all ihre Sterne glühn in mir!
Dein Haar ist schwarz, dein Haar ist wild
und knistert unter meiner Glut;
und wenn sie schwillt,
jagt sie mit Macht
die roten Blüten und dein Blut
hoch in die höchste Mitternacht.
In deinen Augen glimmt ein Licht,
so grau in grün,
wie dort die Nacht den Stern umflicht,
Wann kommst du?! - Mein Fackeln lohn!
Laß glühn, laß glühn!
Schmück mir dein Haar mit wildem Mohn!
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Karl von Kaskel (1866 - 1943), "Entbietung", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conrad Ramrath (1880 - 1972), "Entbietung", op. 10 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1910 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Scheinpflug (1875 - 1937), "Entbietung", op. 2 (Sechs Gesänge für hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6 [ high voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Streicher (1874 - 1940), "Entbietung", published 1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Lieder auf Gedichte von Dehmel (Heft II of 24 Lieder), no. 9, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Entbietung", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 (1900?) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Invitation", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Invitation", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 18
Word count: 98
Invitation
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Adorn your hair with wild poppies,
night is here,
all of its stars are already glowing.
All of its stars are glowing for you today!
You know it, truly:
all of its stars are glowing within me!
Your hair is black, your hair is wild
and crackles under my fervour;
and when [my fervour] swells,
with great might it drives
the red blossoms and your blood
high into the highest midnight.
In your eyes there gleams a light,
so grey in green,
as yonder the night braids itself about the star,
When are you coming?! - My torches are burning!
Let glow, let glow!
Adorn your hair for me with wild poppies!
Text Authorship:
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Line count: 18
Word count: 111