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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Das große Karussell
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Im Himmel ist ein Karussell,
das dreht sich Tag und Nacht.
Es dreht sich wie im Traum so schnell,
wir sehn es nicht, es ist zu hell
aus lauter Licht gemacht;
still, mein Wildfang, gib acht!

Gib acht, es dreht die Sterne, du,
im ganzen Himmelsraum.
Es dreht die Sterne ohne Ruh
und macht Musik, Musik dazu,
so fein, wir hören's kaum;
wir hören's nur im Traum.

Im Traum, da hören wir's von fern,
von fern im Himmel hell.
Drum träumt mein Wildfang gar so gern,
wir drehn uns mit auf einem Stern;
es geht uns nicht zu schnell,
das große Karussell.

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Das große Karussell", appears in Der Kindergarten [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 Franz Ippisch (1883 - 1958), "Das große Karussell", 1924 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Das grosse Karussell", op. 21 no. 3, published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Verlag Harmonie [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The great carousel", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le grand carrousel", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-08-31
Line count: 18
Word count: 102

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