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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Ich liege wo am Wegrand übermattet –
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich liege wo am Wegrand übermattet –
Und über mir die finstere kalte Nacht –
Und zähl schon zu den Toten längst bestattet.

Wo soll ich auch noch hin – von Grauen überschattet –
Die ich vom Monde euch mit Liedern still bedacht
Und weite Himmel blauvertausendfacht.

Die heilige Liebe, die ihr blind zertratet,
Ist Gottes Ebenbild ....!
Fahrlässig umgebracht.

Darum auch lebten du und ich in einem Schacht!
Und – doch im Paradiese trunken blumumblattet.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Ich liege wo am Wegrand", appears in Mein blaues Klavier, first published 1943 [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 Abel Ehrlich (1915 - 2003), "Ich liege wo am Wegrand", 1998 [ alto, clarinet, violin ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rachel Galinne (b. 1949), "Ich liege wo am Wegrand", 1992, first performed 1994 [ alto and piano ], from Schwarze Gesänge = Neimot Shechorot. 6 Lieder für Alt und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georg Katzer (1935 - 2019), "Ich liege wo am Wegrand", 1994, first performed 1994 [ mezzo-soprano and cello ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolf Kornberger (b. 1920), "Ich liege wo am Wegrand", 1966-1993 [ voice and piano ], from Meinwärts. Liederzyklus , no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eric Mayr (b. 1962), "Ich liege wo am Wegrand", 2021, first performed 2022 [ soprano and piano ], from Mein blaues Klavier, 32 Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bernhard Rövenstrunck (1920 - 2010), "Ich liege wo am Wegrand übermattet", 2000 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder der Seele. Band IV: Dichtungen aus dem 19.-20. Jahrhundert für Gesang und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Ich liege wo am Wegrand", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 28 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Ich liege wo am Wegrand", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Karl Bellenberg [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-05-24
Line count: 11
Word count: 76

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