Fessle mich - kann dennoch singen | Fessle mich - kann dennoch singen

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Bind me ‑‑ I still can sing

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

Bind me -- I still can sing
Banish -- my mandolin
Strikes true within --.

Slay -- and my Soul shall rise
Chanting to Paradise --
Still thine.

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Bolts of Melody [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gloria Coates (b. 1938), "Bind me - I still can sing", from 15 Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "Bind me - I still can sing", 1999 [ satb chorus a cappella ], from By a departing light, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), "Bind me -- I still can sing", 2002, first performed 2002 [ solo soprano, SATB chorus and orchestra ], from Chanting to Paradise, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Scott Wheeler (b. 1952), "Chanting to Paradise", 1999 [ soprano and piano ], from Sunday Songs, no. 2, Scott Wheeler Music [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Fessle mich - kann dennoch singen", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Fessle mich ‑ kann dennoch singen

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Fessle mich - kann dennoch singen -
weis’ mich ab - die Saiten klingen
doch treu in mir.

Töte mich - zum Paradies aufschwingen
wird meine Seele sich und singen -
noch immer dein.

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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Bolts of Melody
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 29