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by Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970)

Einer/ wird den Ball
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Einer
wird den Ball
aus der Hand der furchtbar
Spielenden nehmen.
Sterne
haben ihr eigenes Feuergesetz
und ihre Fruchtbarkeit
ist das Licht
und Schnitter und Ernteleute
sind nicht von hier.
Weit draußen
sind ihre Speicher gelagert
auch Stroh
hat einen Augenblick Leuchtkraft
bemalt Einsamkeit.
Einer wird kommen
und ihnen das Grün der Frühlingsknospe
an den Gebetmantel nähen
und als Zeichen gesetzt
an die Stirn des Jahrhunderts
die Seidenlocke des Kindes.
Hier ist
Amen zu sagen
diese Krönung der Worte die
ins Verborgene zieht
und
Frieden
du großes Augenlid
das alle Unruhe verschließt
mit dem himmlischen Wimpernkranz
Du leiseste aller Geburten.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970), no title [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 Helmut Bornefeld (1906 - 1990), "Einer wird den Ball", BoWV 101 no. 12 (1965) [ soprano and organ ], from Psalm der Nacht nach Texten von Nelly Sachs, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-03-04
Line count: 31
Word count: 100

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