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by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan

Am weissen Gebetriemen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
AM WEISSEN GEBETRIEMEN - der
Herr dieser Stunde
war
ein Wintergeschöpf, ihm
zulieb
geschah, was geschah - 
biß sich mein kletternder Mund fest, noch einmal,
als er dich suchte, Rauchspur
du, droben,
in Frauengestalt,
du auf der Reise zu meinen
Feuergedanken im Schwarzkies
jenseits der Spaltworte, durch
die ich dich gehn sah, hoch-
beinig und
den schwerlippigen eignen
Kopf
auf dem von meinen
tödlich genauen 
Händen 
lebendigen Körper.

Sag deinen dich
bis in die Schluchten hinein-
begleitenden Fingern, wie
ich dich kannte, wie weit
ich dich ins Tiefe stieß, wo
dich mein bitterster Traum
herzher beschlief, im Bett
meines unablösbaren Namens.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan, appears in Atemwende [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 Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "Am weissen Gebetriemen", 1971, first performed 1971 [ baritone and orchestra ], from Zyklus, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-11-15
Line count: 29
Word count: 99

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