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So steigt der Berg in mein Fenster hinein. Unmenschlich ist die Liebe, versetzt mein Herz in Glanz deines Staubes. Schwermut-Granit wird mein Blut. Unmenschlich ist die Liebe. Nacht und Tod bauen ihr Land einwärts und auswärts -- nicht für die Sonne. Stern ist ein versiegeltes Abendwort -- durchrissen von der unmenschlichen Auffahrt der Liebe.
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Authorship:
- by Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970) [author's text not yet checked 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 Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "So steigt der Berg", 1972, published c1973 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "So the mountain climbs", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-08-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 52
So the mountain climbs in at my window. Love is inhuman, transports my heart into the splendor of your dust. My blood becomes melancholy granite. Love is inhuman. Night and death build their land inwards and outwards -- not for the sun. "Star" is a sealed evening word -- torn apart by the inhuman upsurge of love.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by John Glenn Paton, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970)
This text was added to the website: 2009-08-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 55