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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Lenzleid
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Daß du Lenz gefühlt hast
In meiner Winterhülle,
Daß du den Lenz erkannt hast
In meiner Todstille. –
Nicht wahr, das ist Gram
Winter sein, eh der Sommer kam,
Eh der Lenz sich ausgejauchzt hat.

O, du! schenk mir deinen goldenen Tag
Von deines Blutes blühendem Rot.
Meine Seele friert vor Hunger,
Ist satt vom Reif –
O, du! Gieße dein Lenzblut
Durch meine Starre,
Durch meinen Scheintod.
Sieh, ich harre
Schon Ewigkeiten auf dich.

Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Gesammelte Gedichte, Leipzig, Verlag der Weißen Bücher, 1917, page 65.


Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Lenzleid", appears in Styx, Gedichte, first published 1902 [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 Peter Escher (1915 - 2008), "Lenzleid", op. 153 no. 5 (1994) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Gedichten verschiedenen Schriftsteller, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Lenzleid", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2022-05-24
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