Nachtgebet der Braut
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
O mein Geliebter - in die Kissen
bet' ich nach dir, ins Firmament!
O könnt ich sagen, dürft er wissen,
wie meine Einsamkeit mich brennt!
O Welt, wann darf ich ihn umschlingen!
O laß ihn mir im Traume nahn,
mich wie die Erde um ihn schwingen
und seinen Sonnenkuß empfahn
und seine Flammenkräfte trinken,
ihm Flammen, Flammen wiedersprühn,
oh [sic] Welt, bis wir zusammensinken
in überirdischem Erglühn!
O Welt des Lichtes, Welt der Wonne!
O Nacht der Sehnsucht, Welt der Qual!
O Traum der Erde: Sonne, Sonne!
O mein Geliebter - mein Gemahl -
Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Erlösungen: Gedichte und Sprüche, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, MCMXXIII, page 73
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Night-Prayer of the Bride", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Prière nocturne de la fiancée", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Jeroen Scholten , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Night‑Prayer of the Bride
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Oh my beloved -- into the pillows
I pray for you [to come to me], into the firmament!
Oh could I articulate, were he permitted to know,
how my solitude burns me!
Oh world, when may I embrace him!
Oh let him come near me in my dreams,
[let] me orbit him like the earth
and receive his sun-kiss
and drink his flaming powers,
to shoot forth flames, flames in response,
oh world, until we sink down together
in otherworldly incandescence!
Oh world of light, world of bliss!
Oh night of yearning, world of agony!
Oh dream of earth: sun, sun!
Oh my beloved -- my spouse --
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This text was added to the website: 2017-09-09
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Word count: 105