Heilge Kreuze sind die Verse,
Dran die Dichter stumm verbluten,
Blindgeschlagen von der Geier
Flatterndem Gespensterschwarme!
In den Leibern schwelgten Schwerter,
Prunkend in des Blutes Scharlach!
Heilge Kreuze sind die Verse,
Dran die Dichter stumm verbluten.
Tot das Haupt - erstarrt die Locken -
Fern, verweht der Lärm des Pöbels.
Langsam sinkt die Sonne nieder,
Eine rote Königskrone. -
Heilge Kreuze sind die Verse!
Text Authorship:
Based on:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Die Kreuze", op. 21 no. 14 (1912), from Pierrot lunaire, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Die Kreuze", 1905?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Pierrot lunaire, Dichtungen von A. Giraud ins deutstche übertragen von O. E. Hartleben, no. 33, München, Heinrich Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "十字架", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Mimmi Fulmer) (Ric Merritt) , "Crosses", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les croix", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Le croci", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Korsa", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 61
詩是神聖的十字架，
詩人在上面靜默地流下鮮血，
被成群兀鷹給啄瞎
鼓動著翅膀 有如群魔亂舞！
刀劍在他們的體內狂歡作樂，
血色的猩紅標記如此豔麗！
詩是神聖的十字架，
詩人在上面靜默地流下鮮血。
死亡的頭顱－髮辮糾結－
遠遠地，傳來人群的喧鬧聲。
太陽緩慢地落下，
（宛如）一頂紅色的皇冠。－
詩是神聖的十字架！
