ASCHENGLORIE hinter deinen erschüttert-verknoten Händen und Dreiweg. Pontisches Einstmals: hier, ein Tropfen, auf dem ertrunkenen Ruderblatt, tief im versteinerten Schwur, rauscht es auf. (Auf dem senkrechten Atemseil, damals, höher als oben, zwischen zwei Schmerzknoten, während der blanke Taterenmond zu uns heraufklomm, grub ich mich in dich und in dich.) Aschen- glorie hinter euch Dreiweg- Händen. Das vor euch, vom Osten her, Hingewürfelte, furchtbar. Niemand zeugt für den Zeugen.
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Authorship:
- by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan, appears in Atemwende [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 Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "Aschenglorie hinter deinen", 1971, first performed 1971 [ baritone and orchestra ], from Zyklus, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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