Black branches mutely cover me with leaves | Black branches mutely cover me with leaves

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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Schwarze Zweige blättern stumm mich zu

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Schwarze Zweige blättern stumm mich zu,
denn mein Herz will in die Ruh.
Aber aus den tiefsten Schatten
tritt [herein]¹ ein leuchtendnacktes Weib,
und noch einmal werd' ich mich begatten,
weil noch Seele heischt ein Leib.
Ein blauer Himmel ist erhellt,
Und wieder steh' ich träumend schaffend in der Sonnenwelt.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Knab

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Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Der Glühende: ein Gedichtwerk , Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, 1896, page 106

¹ Knab: "hervor"

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Der Glühende: ein Gedichtwerk, no. 98, first published 1896 [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), "Schwarze Zweige blättern stumm mich zu", 1917, published 1925 [voice and piano], from Mombert-Lieder, no. 6. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Black branches mutely cover me with leaves", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

Black branches mutely cover me with leaves

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Black branches mutely cover me with leaves,
for my heart wishes to enter into peace.
But out of the deepest shadows
there [enters] a shiningly naked woman,
and once more I shall mate,
because a body is still demanding this soul.
A blue sky is lit up,
And once more I stand dreamily creative in the sunny world.

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¹ Knab: "emerges"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Der Glühende: ein Gedichtwerk, no. 98, first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 58