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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Thalatta
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es stürzen der Jugend
Altäre zusammen,
die heiligen Bilder
zerfallen zu Staub,
des Tempelhaines
Opferflammen
zerflattern,
der Winde Raub.

Das Meer wirft grüßend seine Schäume
bis hart vor meine Füße hin --.
Ja, du bist mehr als alle Träume!
Das Beil an die geweihten Bäume!
Daß ich ein Schiff mit Segeln zäume!
Auf, Seele, -- Sucherin!

Confirmed with Christian Morgenstern, Sämtliche Dichtungen, Abteilung 1, Band 3, Basel 1971–1973, pages 174-175.


Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Thalatta!", appears in Ich und die Welt [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 Walter John Alexander Freymann (1866 - 1945), "Thalatta", 1944 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Thalatta", op. 59 (Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern) no. 6 (1928), published 1934 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 55

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