by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)
Geheimnis
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
In die dunkle Bergsschlucht kehrt der Mond zurück. Eine Stimme singt am Wassersturz: O Geliebtes, deine höchste Wonne und dein tiefster Schmerz Sind mein Glück.
Text Authorship:
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Geheimnis", appears in Weib und Welt [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 Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862 - 1930), "Geheimnis", op. 10 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Bischoff (1868 - 1936), "Geheimnis", op. 12 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Singstimme und Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1901 [ low voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879 - 1953), "Geheimnis", op. 21 (5 Lieder) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse (1881 - 1944), "Geheimnis", 1902, from 3 Gedichte von Richard Dehmel, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Geheimnis", op. 17 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 2, also set in Polish (Polski) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Stanisław Barącz (1864 - 1936) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Secret", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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