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by Martin Merz

Zwei Welten
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich schwebe in zwei Welten.
Meine zweite Welt öffnet sich,
wenn andere Schlaf suchen.
Meine Gedanken leben,
wenn ich sie in meiner Stimme
ihre Worte suchen lasse.
Mitten in Nacht und Stille
werden die Gedanken zu Worten.
Ich lebe in zwei verschiedenen Welten.
Jede kennt die Gedanken der anderen.
Ich werfe die Samen aus,
die diese Welten erblühen lassen:
die Worte und Taten im Licht des Tages,
die Gedanken in der Finsternis.
Der Schlaf löscht das Licht des Tages.
Ich werde im Traum
die Gestalten erkennen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Martin Merz , "Zwei Welten", appears in Gedichte eines Kindes, first published 1968 [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 Katharina Weber (b. 1958), "Zwei Welten", 2014 [ soprano and piano ], from Zwischenland, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-02-07
Line count: 17
Word count: 86

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