Like St. Francis I float through the air | Like St. Francis I float through the air

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Joel Ayau

Wie Sankt Franciscus schweb' ich in der...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wie Sankt Franciscus schweb' ich in der Luft
mit beiden Füßen, fühle nicht den Grund
der Erde mehr, weiß nicht mehr, was das ist.

Seid still! Nein, -- redet, singt, jedweder Mund!
Sonst wird die Ewigkeit ganz meine Gruft
und nimmt mich auf wie einst den tiefen Christ.

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Note: "Sankt" is sometimes spelled "Sanct"

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Ich und Du, in Ritornelle [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 Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Wie Sankt Franciscus schweb' ich in der Luft", op. 18 (Lieder mit Klavier) no. 2 (1922) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Joel Ayau) , "Like St. Francis I float through the air", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 47

Like St. Francis I float through the air

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Like St. Francis I float through the air
with both feet; I don't feel the ground
or the earth anymore; I don't know anymore, what that is...
Be quiet! Be quiet! No, speak, sing, every mouth!
Otherwise eternity will be my entire crypt
and he takes me up, like once the deep Christ.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Ich und Du, in Ritornelle
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 53