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Deine Küsse dunkeln auf meinem Mund. Du hast mich nicht mehr lieb. Und wie du kamst -- ! Blau vor Paradies. Um deinen süsesten [sic] Brunnen Gaukelte mein Herz. Nun will ich es schminken, Wie die Freudenmädchen Die welke Rose ihrer Lende röten. Unsere Augen sind halb geschlossen, Wie sterbende Himmel -- Alt ist der Mond geworden. Die Nacht wird nicht mehr wach. Du erinnerst dich meiner kaum. Wo soll ich mit meinem Herzen hin?
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Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Werke und Briefe. Kritische Ausgabe, herausgegeben von Norbert Oellers, Heinze Rölleke und Itta Shedletzky, Band 1 Gedichte, bearbeitet von Karl Jürgen Skrodzki unter Mitarbeit von Norbert Oellers, Frankfurt am Main: Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag, 1996, pages 121-122.
Text Authorship:
- by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Ich bin traurig . . . .", appears in Die Kuppel, appears in Meine Wunder, first published 1911 [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 Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "Ich bin traurig", op. 57 no. 9 (1991) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus II - Sechzehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler aus «Meine Wunder», no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinhard David Flender (b. 1953), "Ich bin traurig", 1993, first performed 1993 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Sternenklang. 15 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Kammerorchester, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Viola Galgoczy-Mecher (b. 1961), "Ich bin traurig", 1994 [ mezzo-soprano, English horn, piano ], from Styx. Sechs Lieder. Für Mezzosopran, Englischhorn und Klavier, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thorsten W Hansen (b. 1987), "Ich bin traurig I", 2012-2013 [ soprano and piano ], from Meine Wunder I. Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thorsten W Hansen (b. 1987), "Ich bin traurig II", 2017, first performed 2017 [ chorus and piano ], from Meine Wunder II. 4 Lieder für Chor und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Keller (1945 - 2018), "Ich bin traurig", 1967 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Gesänge für mittlere Stimme und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Kornberger (b. 1920), "Ich bin traurig", 1966-1993 [ voice and piano ], from Meinwärts. Liederzyklus , no. 32 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tilo Medek (1940 - 2006), "Ich bin traurig", 1993/4, published c2009 [ medium voice and orchestra ], from Nachklänge : Sechs Gesänge für mittlere Singstimme und Orchester, no. 3, Remagen : Edition Tilo Medek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Steffen Reinhold (b. 1967), "Ich bin traurig", 1997, first performed 1997 [ female voice and flute ], from Drei Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Ich bin traurig", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 25 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Ich bin traurig", 1992 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Wistinghausen (b. 1979), "Ich bin traurig", first performed 2012 [ voice, flute, violin ], from Schatten Rosen Schatten für Gesang, Flöte und Violine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor] , Karl Bellenberg [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-12-12
Line count: 15
Word count: 72
Your kisses grow dark upon my lips. You no longer love me. And how you came -- ! Blue from paradise. Your sweetest well-springs, My heart fluttered about them. Now I shall paint it, The way the prostitutes Redden the wilted rose of their loins. Our eyes are half closed, Like dying heavens -- The moon has grown old. The night no longer awakes. You hardly remember me anymore. Where shall I go with my heart?
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Translations of title(s):
"Ich bin traurig . . . ." = "I am sad . . . ."
"Ich bin traurig I" = "I am sad I"
"Ich bin traurig II" = "I am sad II"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Ich bin traurig . . . .", appears in Die Kuppel, appears in Meine Wunder, first published 1911
This text was added to the website: 2024-08-16
Line count: 15
Word count: 73