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[Schwebst]1 du nieder aus den Weiten, Nacht mit deinem Silberkranz? Hebt in deine Ewigkeiten mich des Dunkels milder Glanz? Als ob Augen liebend winken: alle Liebe sei enthüllt! als ob Arme sehnend sinken: alle Sehnsucht sei erfüllt - strahlt ein Stern mir aus den Weiten, alle Ängste fallen ab, seligste Versunkenheiten, strahlt und strahlt und will herab. Und es treiben mich Gewalten ihm entgegen, und er sinkt - und ein Quellen, ein Entfalten seines Scheines nimmt und bringt und erlöst mich in die Zeiten, da noch keine Menschen sahn, wie durch Nächte Sterne gleiten, wie den Seelen Rätsel nahn.
Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden, Zweiter Band, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1913, page 20
1 Ansorge: "Tauchst"Note: Ansorge may have other textual changes not noted.
Authorship
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Himmelfahrt", appears in Weib und Welt [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862 - 1930), "Himmelfahrt", op. 17 no. 4, published 1902 [voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Richard Dehmel, no. 4, Berlin, Deneke [ sung text not verified ]
- by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Himmelfahrt", 1908, from Fünf Lieder, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ascensió al cel", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Ascension", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Voyage vers le ciel", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Jeroen Scholten , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 99
Sures cap baix des de la llunyania nit, amb la teva corona d'argent? M'enlaira vers les teves eternitats el suau esclat de la foscúria? Com si ulls amorosos fessin senyals: que tot l'amor sigui revelat! Com si braços defallissin de desig: que tots els anhels siguin satisfets -- si una estrella brilla per mi des de lluny, totes les pors m'abandonen, sublim embadaliment, brilla i brilla i vol davallar. I unes forces m'empenyen vers el seu encontre i ella cau -- i un broll, un desplegament de la seva resplendor em pren, em porta, i em deslliura vers un temps en el que ningú podia veure com els estels llisquen per la nit, com els misteris s'atansen a les ànimes.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2014 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Himmelfahrt", appears in Weib und Welt
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-13
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Word count: 118