Zu beiden Händen, da wo die Sterne mir wuchsen, fern allen Himmeln, nah allen Himmeln: Wie wacht es sich da! Wie tut sich die Welt uns auf, mitten durch uns! Du bist, wo dein Aug ist, du bist oben, bist unten, ich finde hinaus. O diese wandernde leere gastliche Mitte. Getrennt, fall ich dir zu, fällst du mir zu, einander entfallen, sehn wir hindurch: Das Selbe hat uns verloren, das Selbe hat uns vergessen, das Selbe hat uns – –
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan, no title [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 Jan Vriend (b. 1938), "Zu beiden Händen", 1991, from Three songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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