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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)
Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)
Es ist ein Weinen in der Welt
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es ist ein Weinen in der Welt, als ob der liebe Gott gestorben wär, und der bleierne Schatten, der niederfällt, lastet grabesschwer. Komm, wir wollen uns näher verbergen ... Das Leben liegt in aller Herzen wie in Särgen. Du! wir wollen uns tief küssen - Es pocht eine Sehnsucht an die Welt, an der wir sterben müssen.
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Authorship:
- by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Weltende", appears in Der siebente Tag, appears in Meine Wunder, first published 1905 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Weltende", 2005 [ soprano and piano ], from Vier Lieder von Else Lasker-Schüler, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rosemarie Becker (b. 1963), "Weltende", 1994-1996 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helmut Bieler-Wendt (b. 1956), "Weltende" [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf geistliche Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard Blau (b. 1881), "Es ist ein Weinen in der Welt", op. 23 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1 (1928) [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegfried Borris (1906 - 1987), "Weltende", op. 1 no. 5 (1926) [ voice and orchestra ], from Sechs Lieder der Dämmerung, no. 5, Berlin, Stahl [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans-Peter Braun (b. 1950), "Weltende", 1999, first performed 1999 [ women's chorus and instrumental ensemble ], from oratorio Pfingstadvent für 6 Frauenstimmen, Tamtam, Röhrenglocken, Kirchenglocken [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Burghardt (b. 1960), "Weltende", 1986, first performed 1992 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elisabeth Dohmen (b. 1958), "Weltende", 1994 [ female voice and synthesizer ], from Lieder für Frauenstimme und Syntesizer, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Fehres (1901 - 1991), "Weltende", 1959 [ alto and piano ], from Wie soll ich dich rufen? Fünf Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Fleck (1880 - 1933), "Weltende", op. 4 (4 Gesänge) no. 2, published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Challier & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Geffert (b. 1951), "Weltende", published 1985, first performed 1984 [ soprano and organ ], from Vier Lieder für Sopran und Orgel, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedbert Groß (b. 1937), "Es ist ein Weinen in der Welt", 1986, first performed 1986 [ baritone and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Bariton und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Werner Hans Hagen (b. 1944), "Weltende", 2016, first performed 2017 [ women's chorus, piano, flute ], from cantata »Gemeinsam«, Kantate für alle, die in Not sind. Nach Gedichten von Rose Ausländer, Else Lasker-Schüler, Georg Trakl und Paul Celan [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Philip Hefti (b. 1975), "Weltende", 2003, first performed 2006 [ soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, horn, percussion, piano, string quintet ], from TENET - 4 Songs for Soprano and Ensemble, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wolfgang Hildemann (1925 - 1995), "Weltende", 1991 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Gesänge für Bariton und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Hildemann (1925 - 1995), "Weltende", 1993 [ chorus and orchestra ], from cantata Requiem Judaicum in zwei Sätzen für 7-stimmigen gemischten Chor und Orchester, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Weltende", op. 9 (Drei Gesänge für Sopran und Orchester) no. 2 (1917) [ soprano and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hubert Hoche (b. 1966), "Weltende", 2019 [ mixed chorus and accordion ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sibylle Ibach (b. 1946), "Weltende", 1983 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Kálmán (1929 - 2015), "Weltende", 1994, first performed 2000 [ voice and piano ], from Viva! [21] Lieder, no. 15 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Volker David Kirchner (b. 1942), "Weltende", 2012, first performed 2012 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Mezzosoprano und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andreas Kohl (b. 1958), "Weltende" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Kornberger (b. 1920), "Weltende", 1966-1993 [ voice and piano ], from Meinwärts. Liederzyklus , no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Lewin (1879 - 1941), as Herwarth Walden, "Weltende" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oddvar Lönner (b. 1954), "Weltende", op. 77 no. 1 (2013-2014) [ alto and piano ], from Versöhnung. Liederzyklus nach Texten von Else Lasker-Schüler und Maria Heim, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tobias Rank (b. 1968), "Weltende", 2002 [ voice, violin, trombone, piano ], from Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Blut. Lieder für Gesang, Violine, Posaune und Klavier, no. 22, Raumklang Sebastian Pank, Schloss Goseck [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard Rendel (b. 1954), "Es ist ein Weinen in der Welt" [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Vier Lieder für Mezzosopran und großes Orchester, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm (Willem) Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Weltende", op. 26a no. 25 [ voice and piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Zyklus , no. 25, Book IV -- Nachklänge [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter-Michael Riehm (1947 - 2007), "Weltende", 1974-1976 [ soprano and piano ], from Sieben Lieder »Es ist ein Weinen in der Welt« für Sopran und Klavier, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Ruppert (b. 1936), "Weltende für singende Säge", published 1994? [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl-Heinz Schäfer (1899 - 1970), "Weltende", op. 7 no. 2 (1925?) [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Steffen Schleiermacher (b. 1960), "Weltende", 2020, first performed 2022 [ soprano and saxophone ], from »Welten« aus: »Mein expressionistisches Gehege« für Gesang (S) und Saxophon, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andreas Schmidt-Kaminski (b. 1968), "Weltende", 2012 [ baritone and piano ], from November Songs für Bariton und Klavier, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Weltende", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 51 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Schneider (1912 - 1991), "Es ist ein Weinen", op. 44 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1986) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Schomers (b. 1953), "Es ist ein Weinen in der Welt", 2001 [ soprano, soprano saxophone, and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für Sopran, Sopran-Saxofon und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "Weltende", 1936 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Martin Simon (1880 - 1944), "Weltende", 1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Brunhilde Sonntag (1936 - 2002), "Weltende", 1994, first performed 1995 [ soprano and piano ], from »Es ist ein Weinen in der Welt. . . «. Vier Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Stein (b. 1975), "Weltende", c2002 [ voice and string quartet ], from Das blaue Klavier für Singstimme und Quartett, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Markus Pirol Stockhausen (b. 1957), "Weltende", 1988, first performed 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugen Werner Velte (1923 - 1984), "Weltende", 1966 [ three-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Zwei Chöre für drei Männerstimmen a cappella, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margarete Voigt-Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Weltende" [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Weltende", 1977 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernd Wilden (b. 1966), "Weltende", 2021, first performed 2021 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Liederzyklus für Mezzosopran und Kammerorchester, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sylke Zimpel (b. 1959), "Weltende", 1993 [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The end of the world", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Fin du monde", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Karl Bellenberg [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2006-07-13
Line count: 10
Word count: 57
The end of the world
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
There is weeping in the world, As if the dear god were dead, And the leaden shadows that fall Weigh heavily as the grave. Come, we will hide ourselves together... Life lives in all hearts as in coffins. You! we will kiss deeply -- There is a yearning beating in the world, by which we must die.
Authorship:
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The end of the world", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Weltende", appears in Der siebente Tag, appears in Meine Wunder, first published 1905
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-12
Line count: 10
Word count: 56