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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Ich schlafe in der Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich schlafe in der Nacht an fremden Wänden
Und wache in der Frühe auf an fremder Wand.
Ich legte mein Geschick in harten Händen
Und reihe Thränen auf,
So dunkle Perlen ich nie fand.
Ich habe einmal einen blauen Pfad gekannt
Doch weiß ich nicht mehr
Wo ich mich vor dieser Welt befand.
Und - meine Sehnsucht will nicht enden! . . .
Vom Himmel her sind beide wir verwandt
Und unsere Seelen schweben übers Heilige Land
In "einem" Sternenkleide leuchtend um die Lenden.

Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler: Werke und Briefe, Band 1: Gedichte, Kritische Ausgabe, Erste Auflage, 1996, Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1996, page 356.


Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Ich schlafe in der Nacht -" [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 Rachel Galinne (b. 1949), "Ich schlafe in der Nacht", 1992, first performed 1994 [ alto and piano ], from Schwarze Gesänge = Neimot Shechorot. 6 Lieder für Alt und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolf Kornberger (b. 1920), "Ich schlafe in der Nacht", 1966-1993 [ voice and piano ], from Meinwärts. Liederzyklus , no. 25 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Leo Solter (b. 1978), "Ich schlafe in der Nacht", first performed 2017 [ 3 voices and instrumental ensemble ], from Drei Lieder für 3 Sänger, Keyboard, Schlagzeug und Synthesizer, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Günter Sopper (b. 1948), "Ich schlafe in der Nacht", 1989, first performed 1989 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Sechs Lieder. Sopran u/o Tenor u. Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Ich schlafe in der Nacht", 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: 2022-05-25
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Word count: 83

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