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O, ich lernte an deinem süßen Munde Zuviel der Seligkeiten kennen! Schon fühl ich die Lippen Gabriels Auf meinem Herzen brennen . . . Und die Nachtwolke trinkt Meinen tiefen Cederntraum. O, wie dein Leben mir winkt! Und ich vergehe Mit blühendem Herzeleid Und verwehe im Weltraum, In Zeit, In Ewigkeit, Und meine Seele verglüht in den Abendfarben Jerusalems.
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, page 165.
Text Authorship:
- by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Sulamith", appears in Styx, Gedichte, appears in Hebräische Balladen, no. 18, first published 1902 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (b. 1934), "Sulamith", 1989-1993, first performed 1993 [ voice, piano, and trombone ], from Drei Lieder für tiefe Stimme, Klavier und z. T. Posaune, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Brand , "Sulamith", op. 10 no. 4 [ voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, violin, cello ], from Fünf Balladen, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Michael Braun (1936 - 2019), "Sulamith", 2006-2007, first performed 2014 [ chorus and orchestra ], from opera Neue Menschen. Ein neuzeitlicher Mythos als Kammeroper, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Ebert (1889 - 1952), "Sulamith", op. 29 no. 10 (1926-1927), first performed 1928 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Biblische Balladen. Eine Folge von 19 Gesängen für eine Singstimme, Hoboe, Klarinette, Saxophon und Streichquintett, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Guido Fuchs (1880 - 1946), "Sulamith", 1919 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Hebräische Balladen, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Henkemeyer (1928 - 2015), "Sulamith", 1995, first performed 1996 [ soprano, alto, reciter, women's chorus, instrumental ensemble ], from »Wandelhin – Taumelher«. Zyklus für Sopran, Alt, Sprecherin, Frauenchor und Instrumental-Ensemble, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Kálmán (1929 - 2015), "Sulamith", 1995 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Keller (1920 - 2008), "Sulamith", 1961, first performed 1965 [ mezzo-soprano and organ; or baritone and piano ], from Versöhnung. Zwölf hebräische Balladen, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ulrich Leyendecker (b. 1946), "Sulamith", 1993, first performed 1994 [ mezzo-soprano and piano or instrumental ensemble ], from Hebräische Balladen für Mezzosopran und Klavier , no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gilead Mishory (b. 1960), "Sulamith", 2001-2002, first performed 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Hebräische Balladen, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Sulamith", op. 26a no. 5 [ voice and piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Zyklus , no. 5, Book I -- Hebräische Balladen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard Rövenstrunck (1920 - 2010), "Sulamith", 1944/1959 [ mezzo-soprano, tenor, and piano ], from 20 Hebräische Balladen für Mezzosopran, Tenor und Klavier, no. 18 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Ludwig Schilling (1927 - 2012), "Sulamith", 1964/1969, orchestrated 1991 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Hebräische Balladen, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Sulamith", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 45 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Sulamith", 1979 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernd Wilden (b. 1966), "Sulamith", 2021, first performed 2021 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Liederzyklus für Mezzosopran und Kammerorchester, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sulamith", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Karl Bellenberg [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-11-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 59
Oh, upon your sweet lips I became Familiar with too many blissful joys! Already I feel Gabriel's lips Burning upon my heart . . . And the night-cloud drinks My deep cedar-dream. Oh, how your life beckons to me! And I dissolve With blossoming heart's woe And dissipate in the universe, In time, In eternity, And my soul is consumed in the glow of the evening colours Of Jerusalem.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Sulamith", appears in Styx, Gedichte, appears in Hebräische Balladen, no. 18, first published 1902
This text was added to the website: 2024-02-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 69