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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Giselheer dem Tiger
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Über dein Gesicht schleichen die Dschungeln.
O wie du bist!

Deine Tigeraugen sind süßgeworden
In der Sonne.

Ich trag dich immer herum
Zwischen meinen Zähnen.

Du mein Indianerbuch,
Wild West,
Siouxhäuptling!

Im Zweilicht schmachte ich
Gebunden am Buxbaumstamm --

Ich kann nicht mehr sein
Ohne das Skalpspiel.

Rote Küsse malen deine Messer 
Auf meine Brust --

Bis mein Haar an deinem Gürtel flattert.

Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Giselheer dem Tiger", 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 Heinz Becker (b. 1938), "Giselheer dem Tiger", 1987 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Ich träume so leise von dir, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "Giselheer dem Tiger", op. 53 no. 8 (1990) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus I : Sechzehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler an Gottfried Benn, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sibylle Friz (b. 1966), "Giselheer dem Tiger", 2016, first performed 2017 [ 2 voices, cello, bass guitar, synthesizer ], from Komm zu mir in der Nacht... Zwölf Lieder für zwei Stimmen, Violoncello, Elektrobass und Loopstation, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Kálmán (1929 - 2015), "Giselheer dem Tiger", 1994, first performed 2000 [ voice and piano ], from Viva! [21] Lieder, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]

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: 16
Word count: 61

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