Immortality | Your noble, white hands

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by Eleonore van der Straaten (1873 - 1960)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Unvergänglichkeit

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Deine edlen weißen Hände
Legen meine Seel' zur Ruh',
Wenn sie meinen Scheitel segnen,
Schließ' ich meine Augen zu
Und sag' nur leise: Du!

Und Welten sinken in ein Nichts,
Die Meere rauschen dumpf und weit;
Deine edlen weißen Hände
Sind mir Unvergänglichkeit.

Text Authorship:

by Eleonore van der Straaten (1873 - 1960) [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 Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Unvergänglichkeit", op. 27 no. 1, from Unvergänglichkeit, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Unvergänglichkeit", op. 27 no. 5, from Unvergänglichkeit, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Immortalitat", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Immortality", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 43

Immortality

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Your noble, white hands
Lay my soul to rest;
When they bless the crown of my head,
I close my eyes
And only say quietly: You!

And worlds sink into nothing,
The seas surge dully and distantly;
Your noble, white hands
Are my immortality.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Eleonore van der Straaten (1873 - 1960)
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This text was added to the website: 2020-11-23
Line count: 9
Word count: 44