Niemand knetet uns wieder aus Erde und Lehm, niemand bespricht unserm Staub. Niemand. Gelobt seist du, Niemand. Dir zulieb wollen wir blühn. Dir entgegen. Ein Nichts waren wir, sind wir, werden wir bleiben, blühend: die Nichts-, die Niemandsrose. Mit dem Griffel seelenhell, dem Staubfaden himmelswüst, der Krone rot vom Purpurwort, das wir sangen über, o über dem Dorn.
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Confirmed with Paul Celan, Die Niemandsrose, Frankfurt am Main : Fischer , 1963
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan, "Psalm", appears in Die Niemandsrose, Frankfurt am Main : Fischer, first published 1963 [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 Carmen Maria Cârneci (b. 1957), "Psalm", subtitle: "Die Niemandsrose", 2011-2012/2016, copyright © 2016 [ baritone and piano or bass flute, clarinet and violoncello ], from Die Niemandsrose, no. 2, Furore Verlag
Score: Furore Verlag [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Lars Hegaard (b. 1950), "Psalm", 2015-16 [ mezzo-soprano, clarinet, violoncello and piano ], from Vier Gedichte von Paul Celan, no. 3, Edition·S | music¬sound¬art [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Huggler (1928 - 1993), "Psalm", published 1975 [ soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and cello ], from Bittere Nüsse, no. 3, New York, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Nyman (b. 1944), "Psalm", from Sechs Lieder von Celan, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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