Ich kenne nicht den Raum wo die ausgewanderte Liebe ihren Sieg niederlegt und das Wachstum in die Wirklichkeit der Visionen beginnt noch wo das Lächeln des Kindes bewahrt ist das wie zum Spiel in die spielenden Flammen geworfen wurde aber ich weiß, daß dieses die Nahrung ist aus der die Erde ihre Sternmusik herzklopfend entzündet --
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Text Authorship:
- by Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970) [author's text not yet checked 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 Helmut Bornefeld (1906 - 1990), "Ich kenne nicht den Raum", BoWV 101 no. 8 (1965) [ soprano and organ ], from Psalm der Nacht nach Texten von Nelly Sachs, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
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