by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)
Mannesbangen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Du darfst nicht meinen, ich hätte Furcht vor dir. Nur wenn du mit deinen scheuen Augen Glück begehrst und mir mit solchen zuckenden Händen wie mit Dolchen durch die Haare fährst, Und mein Kopf liegt an deinen Lenden: dann, du Wehrlose, beb' ich vor dir...
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Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden, Band 2, S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin, 1913, page 60.
Text Authorship:
- by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Mannesbangen", appears in Weib und Welt, first published 1896 [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Mannesbangen", 1894-1903, from 7 frühe Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Temor d’un home", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Masculine fears", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Craintes d'un homme", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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