Yearning for oblivion | Swift current! do you finally seize me, do I lose my footing

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by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sehnsucht nach Vergessen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Strömung! faßt du mich endlich, verliere ich Boden
  endlich und Ort?
Komme, ja komme, den Baum aus dem Boden zu roden!
  Schwemme mich fort!

Abgrund! hast du den Taumel des Sohnes begriffen,
  schwindelndes Grab?
Zerre, ja zerre den Sohn zu den schlüpfrigen Riffen!
  Zieh mich hinab!

Wüste! du Wüste, so wäre denn wert unser Hader!
  Durstige Du!
Wälze, ja wälze herüber die Glut deiner Ader!
  Schütte mich zu!

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Text Authorship:

by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965) [author's text not yet checked 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 Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "Sehnsucht nach Vergessen", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from 24 Präludien für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 14, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Yearning for oblivion", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-08-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

Yearning for oblivion

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Swift current! do you finally seize me, do I lose my footing
  Finally and my position?
Come, yes come to uproot the tree from the soil!
  Wash me away!
 
Abyss! have you understood the reeling of the son,
  Dizzying grave?
Wrench, yes wrench the son to the slippery reefs!
  Pull me downward!
 
Desert, you desert, may our strife have some value!
  You thirsty one!
Heave, yes heave upon me the glow of your arteries!
  Bury me!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 76