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Es sprach der Geist: Sieh auf! Es war im Traume. Ich hob den Blick. In lichtem Wolkenraume Sah ich den Herrn das Brot den Zwölfen brechen Und ahnungsvolle Liebesworte sprechen. Weit über ihre Häupter lud die Erde Er ein mit allumarmender Gebärde. Es sprach der Geist: Sieh auf! Ein Linnen schweben Sah ich und vielen schon das Mahl gegeben, Da breiteten sich unter tausend Händen Die Tische, doch verdämmerten die Enden In grauen Nebel, drin auf bleichen Stufen Kummergestalten saßen ungerufen. Es sprach der Geist: Sieh auf! Die Luft umblaute Ein unermeßlich Mahl, soweit ich schaute, Da sprangen reich die Brunnen auf des Lebens, Da streckte keine Schale sich vergebens, Da lag das ganze Volk auf vollen Garben, Kein Platz war leer und keiner durfte darben.
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 Wilhelm Kempff (1895 - 1991), "Alle", op. 52 no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Alle", op. 60 no. 18 (1946) [ medium voice and piano ], from Das stille Leuchten: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, no. 18, Wien: Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "All", copyright ©
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 126
The spirit spoke: "Look up!" It was a dream. I lifted my eyes: in the bright expanse of clouds I saw the Lord break bread for the Twelve, and speak loving, but foreboding, words to them. Far above their heads, he invited in the earth with an all-embracing gesture. The spirit spoke: "Look up!" Floating linen I saw, and many already receiving a meal; spread beneath a thousand hands were the tables, dim at the ends in the grey mist, while on the pale steps miserable forms sat unsummoned. The spirit spoke: "Look up!" The sky's blue encompassed now an unmeasurable feast, as far as the eye could see; there, Fountains of Life frothed richly; there, no bowl was held out in vain; there, every people rested on full sheaves and no place was empty and no one was allowed to starve.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, (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.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 143