by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg
Was erhoffst Du Dir, Mädchen, noch?!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Was erhoffst Du Dir, Mädchen, noch?! Da Du, geschlossene Blüte, alles Lebendige in Dir birgst?! Bleibe verschlossenes Blüh’n, o Mädchen -- -- Denn die „gewöhnliche That“ des Seins mordet dein „göttliches Ungeschehnis“!“[sic]
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with „Ein Wiener“ in Was der Tag mir zuträgt. Fünfundsechzig neue Studien von Peter Altenberg, dritte vermehrte und veränderte Auflage, Berlin: S. Fischer, Verlag, 1906, page 294.
Authorship
- by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg, no title [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Hoffnung", 1906 [voice and piano], from the collection Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 55. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Espoir", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , title 1: "Håp", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Hope", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Virginia Knight , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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