I believe that you shall soon now stand high

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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich glaube, du wirst jetzt bald...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich glaube, du wirst jetzt bald hochstehn,
ein starker Held,
wirst, eine Sonne, strahlend hochgehn
über der ganzen Welt.
 
Denn ein Mond ist im Gemach,
du ruhst auf dem Bett so süchtig schwach.
Und hörst, was in den Tiefen singt.
Und weißt, daß du nur dauern kannst,
wenn den Abgrund du umspannst,
drin ganz unten die Seele Meerflut trinkt.
 
Die Brust röchelt schwer!
Bist angelangt an dem großem Meer,
liegst auf glattem Schiefergestein,
ein Mond, den man schlug in den Fels hinein.
 
Ich glaube, du wirst jetzt bald hochstehn,
ein starker Held,
wirst, eine Sonne, strahlend hochgehn
über der ganzen Welt.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Die Schöpfung Gedicht-Werk, Leipzig: Im Insel-Verlag, 1921, page 27

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Die Schöpfung, in O Feuer, no. 15 [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 Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Ich glaube, du wirst jetzt bald hochstehn", 1908, published 1925 [voice and piano], from Mombert-Lieder, no. 7. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

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Word count: 101

I believe that you shall soon now stand...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I believe that you shall soon now stand high,
a strong hero;
like a sun, you shall arise radiantly
over the entire world.
 
For a moon is in the chamber,
you rest upon the bed, so avidly weak.
And you hear that which sings in the depths.
And you know that you can only endure
if you embrace the abyss
in which, far down below, the soul drinks the floodwaters of the sea.
 
Your breath is wheezing heavily!
You have reached the great sea,
you lie upon the smooth slate,
a moon that one has carved into the rocks.
 
I believe that you shall soon now stand high,
a strong hero;
like a sun, you shall arise radiantly
over the entire world.

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Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Die Schöpfung, in O Feuer, no. 15
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This text was added to the website: 2017-01-30
Line count: 18
Word count: 122