I would be God and hear prayers

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by Erich Kurt Mühsam (1878 - 1934)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Ich möchte Gott sein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich möchte Gott sein und Gebete hören
und meine Schutz versagen können
und Menschenherzen zunichte brennen
und Seelenopfer begehren.
Und möchte Erde, Welt und All vernichten
und Trümmerhaufen über Trümmer schichten.
Dann müßte ein Neues entstehn -
und das ließ ich wieder vergehn.

Text Authorship:

by Erich Kurt Mühsam (1878 - 1934), "Ich möchte Gott sein" [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Ich möchte Gott sein", 2009 [high voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 42

I would be God and hear prayers

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I would be God and hear prayers
And be able to deny my protection
And burn to ruins men's hearts
And require the sacrifice of souls.
And exterminate land, world and all
And stack up rubble upon rubble.
Then could a new world rise --
And then I allow myself to pass away.

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Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), copyright © 2009, (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 Erich Kurt Mühsam (1878 - 1934), "Ich möchte Gott sein"
- Go to the text page.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 52