In veil and myrtle | In a white dress, with veil and with myrtle

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by Otto Wiener (b. 1909)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

In Schleier und Myrte

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Im weißen Kleid, mit Schleier und mit Myrte,
Doch bin ich wie der firne Schnee!
Wie heiße Brände auch die Sonne schürte
Und strahlte sie auch wild und weh,
Jetzt erst will ich in dir ertauen,
Du meine Seele, dir ins Auge schauen
Und wie ein Hauch vor dir vergehn.

Im weißen Kleid, mit Myrte und mit Schleier,
Ein Opfer will ich sein dem Licht!
Ihr dunklen Gluten süßer Todesfeier
Ergreift mich und verschont mich nicht!
Und wenn mich deine Arme finden,
Du meine Seele, will ich ganz erblinden
Und nur mit deinen Augen sehn.

Text Authorship:

by Otto Wiener (b. 1909) [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 Konrad Rötscher (1910 - 1979), "In Schleier und Myrte", op. 17 no. 3, published 1951 [voice and piano], from Lieder der Braut, no. 3, Ed. Bote & G. Bock, Berlin-Wiesbaden [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In veil and myrtle", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-10-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 95

In veil and myrtle

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In a white dress, with veil and with myrtle,
I am nevertheless as the firmly frozen snow!
Whatever hot fires the sun stoked,
And though it shone wildly and painfully,
Only now shall I melt in you;
Gaze, you my soul, into your eyes
And like a breath dissolve before you.

In a white dress, with veil and with myrtle,
I shall be an offering to the light!
You dark embers of sweet celebration of death,
Grasp me and do not spare me!
And when your arms find me,
You my soul, I shall go utterly blind
And only see with your eyes.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Wiener (b. 1909)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-04-30
Line count: 14
Word count: 103