Ô, tes mains | Sont mes enfants

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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Sind meine Kinder

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

[Sind]¹ meine Kinder.
Alle meine Spielsachen
Liegen in ihren Gruben.

Immer spiel ich Soldaten
Mit deinen Fingern, kleine Reiter,
Bis sie umfallen.

Wie ich sie liebe
Deine Bubenhände, die zwei.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• T. Adorno

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Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Die gesammelten Gedichte: Ausgabe 1917, Hoffenberg, 2018, page 155.

¹ Adorno: "O, deine Hände sind"

Text Authorship:

by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "O, deine Hände", 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 Theodor W. Adorno (1903 - 1969), "O, deine Hände sind meine Kinder", op. 6 no. 1 (1923) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Bagatellen für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Arthur Dangel (b. 1931), "O, deine Hände", op. 53 no. 1 (1990) [ alto and piano ], from Else-Zyklus I : Sechzehn Lieder mit Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler an Gottfried Benn, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ferdinand Henkemeyer (1928 - 2015), "O, deine Hände", 1995, first performed 1996 [ soprano, alto, reciter, women's chorus, instrumental ensemble ], from »Wandelhin – Taumelher«. Zyklus für Sopran, Alt, Sprecherin, Frauenchor und Instrumental-Ensemble, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
by Tobias Rank (b. 1968), "Deine Hände sind meine Kinder", 2002 [ voice, violin, trombone, piano ], from Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Blut. Lieder für Gesang, Violine, Posaune und Klavier, no. 5, Raumklang Sebastian Pank, Schloss Goseck [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 31

Ô, tes mains

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Sont mes enfants.
Tous mes jouets
Sont dans leur fosse.

Je joue toujours aux soldats
Avec tes doigts, petit cavalier,
Jusqu'à ce qu'ils culbutent.

Comme je les aime,
Tes mains de fripon, les deux.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "O, deine Hände", appears in Die Kuppel, first published 1920
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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 34