Dunkle du, Urmutter aller Lust, Die ich floh, die ich so oft verflucht, Die mich dennoch immer hat gesucht, Endlich werf ich mich an deine Brust! Nimm mich hin, furchtbare Mutter Nacht, Todeswollust ists, dich zu umarmen, Heimlich aus dem heißen Abgrund lacht Ahnung von Erlösung, von Erbarmen. Tief in deinen schwarzen Augen brennt Deiner düstern Liebe Glut so wehe, Deiner Liebe, die mich ganz erkennt, Deren Todesruf ich ganz verstehe. Willig folg ich dir durch Blut und Angst, Fühle, wie du mich zurückverlangst, Um noch einmal mich dein Kind zu nennen, Um in einem Kuß mich zu verbrennen.
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 4 Der Steppenwolf. Narziß und Goldmund. Die Morgenlandfahrt, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2001, page 211.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Hingabe", appears in Krisis. Ein Stück Tagebuch., no. 1, first published 1926 [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 Stefan Lindblad , "Hingabe", <<1983 [ baritone and organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Schumann (b. 1914), "Hingabe", 1955 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Lieder der Liebe, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Surrender", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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