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by Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970)

Schon reden knisternde farbige Bänder
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schon
reden knisternde farbige 
Bänder
fremde Münder
neue Heiligensprache.

Schon
rollen unter den Flügeln der Adler 
die Sterbelaken der Horizonte fort 
denn auch des Todes Drama
schmerzt seine Zeitläufte ab
weiß
hinter dem Vorhang
um neuen Beginn.

Hier aber
mit gekrönten Haaren
die Herrscher zwischen Sternenhaufen

im Ei der Nacht
verspielen mit gesetzten Tafeln
weissagende Fernen
in die drehenden Scheiben der Windrose.
Besprechen Wunden mit Salz
bis Luft weinend nach Hause zieht
Musiktüren schließend.

Dunkelheit
verwitwet
schmerzgekrümmt
gewittert der Fruchtbarkeit 
langen Klageruf

in brandgeschatzte Himmel bis
die neue Sonnenblume
tränengeätzt
den Trauermantel der Nacht
anzuknospen beginnt --

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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), "Schon reden knisternde farbige Bänder", BoWV 101 no. 11 (1965) [ soprano and organ ], from Psalm der Nacht nach Texten von Nelly Sachs, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-03-04
Line count: 33
Word count: 96

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