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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Drum wein ich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Drum wein ich,
Daß bei deinem Kuß
Ich so nichts empfinde
Und ins Leere versinken muß.
Tausend Abgründe
Sind nicht so tief,
Wie diese große Leere.
Ich sinne im engsten Dunkel der Nacht,
Wie ich dirs ganz leise sage,
Doch ich habe nicht den Mut.
Ich wollte, es käme ein Südenwind,
Der dirs herübertrage,
Damit es nicht gar voll Kälte kläng
Und er dirs warm in die Seele säng
Kaum merklich durch dein Blut.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Dir", appears in Styx, Gedichte, first published 1902 [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), "Dir", 1987 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Ich träume so leise von dir, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Elisabeth Dohmen (b. 1958), "Dir", 1994 [ female voice and synthesizer ], from Lieder für Frauenstimme und Syntesizer, no. 16 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wolfgang Gangkofner (b. 1979), "Dir", 2002? [ soprano and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge für Sopran und Klavier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jonathan Granzow (b. 1987), "Wie ich dir’s sage", 2013, first performed 2013 [ high voice, trombone, cello, piano, marimba ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Tobias Rank (b. 1968), "Drum wein ich", 2002 [ voice, violin, trombone, piano ], from Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Blut. Lieder für Gesang, Violine, Posaune und Klavier, no. 8, Raumklang Sebastian Pank, Schloss Goseck [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Dir", op. 26a no. 13 [ voice and piano ], from Else Lasker-Schüler Zyklus , no. 13, Book III -- Dir [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Martha Jean Southwick (b. 1956), "Dir", 1983 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudi Spring (b. 1962), "Dir", op. 101 no. 4 (2023) [ soprano and piano ], from Im Zwielicht, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Dir", 1982 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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