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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Verinnerlicht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich denke immer ans Sterben
Mich hat niemand lieb.

Ich wollt ich wär still Heiligenbild
Und alles in mir ausgelöscht.

Träumerisch färbte Abendrot
Meine Augen wund verweint.

Weiß nicht wo ich hin soll
Wie überall zu dir.

Bist meine heimliche Heimat
Und will nichts Leiseres mehr.

Wie blühte ich gern süß empor
An deinem Herzen himmelblau –

Lauter weiche Wege
Legte ich um dein pochend Haus.

Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Gesammelte Gedichte, Leipzig, Verlag der Weißen Bücher, 1917, page 190.


Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Verinnerlicht", subtitle: "(Meinem Doktor Benn)" [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 Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "Verinnerlicht", op. 53 no. 12 (1990) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus I : Sechzehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler an Gottfried Benn, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Verinnerlicht", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 47 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gil Shohat (b. 1973), "Verinnerlicht", 2000, first performed 2002 [ soprano, chorus, orchestra ], from Eine deutsche Symphonie = Symphony No. 5 nach Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler for Soprano, Child’s Voice, Choir and Orchestra. »The Portrait of Else Lasker-Schüler«, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Verinnerlicht", 1989 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2022-05-21
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Word count: 66

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