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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Sind meine Kinder
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
[Sind]1 meine Kinder.
Alle meine Spielsachen
Liegen in ihren Gruben.

Immer spiel ich Soldaten
Mit deinen Fingern, kleine Reiter,
Bis sie umfallen.

Wie ich sie liebe
Deine Bubenhände, die zwei.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   T. Adorno 

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Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Die gesammelten Gedichte: Ausgabe 1917, Hoffenberg, 2018, page 155.

1 Adorno: "O, deine Hände sind"

Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "O, deine Hände", appears in Die Kuppel, first published 1920 [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 Theodor W. Adorno (1903 - 1969), "O, deine Hände sind meine Kinder", op. 6 no. 1 (1923) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Bagatellen für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "O, deine Hände", op. 53 no. 1 (1990) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus I : Sechzehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler an Gottfried Benn, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand Henkemeyer (1928 - 2015), "O, deine Hände", 1995, first performed 1996 [ soprano, alto, reciter, women's chorus, instrumental ensemble ], from »Wandelhin – Taumelher«. Zyklus für Sopran, Alt, Sprecherin, Frauenchor und Instrumental-Ensemble, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Tobias Rank (b. 1968), "Deine Hände sind meine Kinder", 2002 [ voice, violin, trombone, piano ], from Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Blut. Lieder für Gesang, Violine, Posaune und Klavier, no. 5, Raumklang Sebastian Pank, Schloss Goseck [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ô, tes mains", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor] , Karl Bellenberg [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-12-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 31

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