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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Nachtgebet der Braut
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
O mein Geliebter - in die Kissen
bet' ich nach dir, ins Firmament!
O könnt ich sagen, dürft er wissen,
wie meine Einsamkeit mich brennt! 

O Welt, wann darf ich ihn umschlingen!
O laß ihn mir im Traume nahn,
mich wie die Erde um ihn schwingen
und seinen Sonnenkuß empfahn

und seine Flammenkräfte trinken,
ihm Flammen, Flammen wiedersprühn,
oh [sic] Welt, bis wir zusammensinken
in überirdischem Erglühn!

O Welt des Lichtes, Welt der Wonne!
O Nacht der Sehnsucht, Welt der Qual!
O Traum der Erde: Sonne, Sonne!
O mein Geliebter - mein Gemahl -

Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Erlösungen: Gedichte und Sprüche, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, MCMXXIII, page 73


Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Nachtgebet der Braut", appears in Erlösungen; eine Seelenwandlung in Gedichte und Sprüche, in 2. Zweiter Abschnitt [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 Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Nachtgebet der Braut", 1899-1903, from Drei Gedichte für Gesang und Klavier, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]
  • by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Nachtgebet der Braut", op. 25 no. 5 (1919) [soprano and piano], from Dehmel-Zyklus. 14 Lieder und Duette für Sopran, Tenor und Klavier, no. 5. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Night-Prayer of the Bride", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Prière nocturne de la fiancée", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Jeroen Scholten , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 91

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