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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Schwärmend trat ich aus glitzerndem...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schwärmend trat ich aus glitzerndem Herzen
Wogender Liebesfäden,

Ganz schüchtern, hervor; Nacht im Auge,
Geöffnete Lippen …

Aber wo auch ein See lockte,
Goldene Tränke,

Starb an der Labe mein pochendes Wild
In der Brust.

Was soll mir der Wein deines Tisches,
Reichst du mir des Herzens Mannah [*] nicht.

Süß mir, wenn ich im Rauschen der Liebe
Für dich gestorben wär –

Nun ist mein Leben verschneit,
Erstarrt meine Seele,

Die lächelte sonntäglich dir
Frieden ins Herz.

Ich suche das Glück nicht mehr.
Wo ich auch unter hochzeitlichem Morgen saß,

Erfror der träumende Lotos
Auf meinem Blut.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Das Wunderlied" [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 Stephen Harrap (b. 1952), "Das Wunderlied", 2019/2020, first performed 2020 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Vier ernste Gesänge für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Volker David Kirchner (b. 1942), "Wunderlied", 2012, first performed 2012 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Mezzosoprano und Klavier, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques Lenot (b. 1945), "Das Wunderlied", 2007 [ voice and piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Das Wunderlied", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Karl Bellenberg [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-05-27
Line count: 20
Word count: 98

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