Erhebung
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG FRE NOR
Gib mir [nur die]1 Hand,
nur den Finger, dann
seh ich diesen ganzen Erdkreis
als mein Eigen an!
O wie blüht mein Land,
sieh [mich]2 doch nur an,
daß [ich mit dir]3 über die Wolken
in die Sonne kann!
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• A. Schoenberg View original text (without footnotes)
Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Weib und Welt, Verlag von Schuster u. Loeffler, Berlin, 1896, page 126. Spelling has been modernized ("Gib" was "Gieb").
1 Schoenberg: "deine"
2 Schoenberg: "dir's"
3 Schoenberg: "es mit uns"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), as Emilie Maria von Bach, "Erhebung", 1917 [ soprano and piano ], Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek
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- by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Erhebung", op. 12 (Vierzehn Lieder) no. 13 (1997-8) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Erhebung", op. 2 (4 Lieder) no. 3 (1899) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Erhebung", op. 8 (Sechs Gedichte von Richard Dehmel) no. 2, published 1907 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Clifford Bax (1886 - 1962) ; composed by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Elevation", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Élévation", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Opphøyelse", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 39
Elevation
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Proffer me your hand,
merely the finger, then
I look upon the whole world
as my own.
O, how my country is full of flowers,
behold it and see
that it can rise with us above the clouds
to the sun!
Note: this is a translation of Schoenberg's version.
Text Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2007-02-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 41