Traum | Der Schlaf entführte mich in Deine Gärten

by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Traum

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Der Schlaf entführte mich in Deine Gärten,
In Deinen Traum – die Nacht war wolkenschwarz umwunden –
Wie düstere Erden starrten Deine Augenrunden,
Und Deine Blicke waren Härten.

Und zwischen uns lag eine weite, steife,
Tonlose Ebene .......
Und meine Sehnsucht hingegebene,
Küßt Deinen Mund, die blassen Lippenstreife.

Text Authorship:

by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Traum", appears in Der siebente Tag, appears in Meine Wunder, first published 1905 [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 Wilfried Maria Danner (b. 1956), "Traum", 2016 [ soprano and piano ], from Nachklänge. Tre Ariette nach Gedichten von Else Lasker-Schüler - für Sopran und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Evelyn Faltis (1897 - 1937), "Traum", op. 14 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1, published 1931 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Traum", op. 18 (Lieder mit Klavier) no. 3 (1922) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Rudolf Kornberger (b. 1920), "Traum", 1966-1993 [ voice and piano ], from Meinwärts. Liederzyklus , no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
by Michael Gregor Scholl (b. 1964), "Traum", 1986-1988 [ mezzo-soprano, violin, clarinet, prepared piano ], from Über glitzernden Kies. Ein Sternentraum für Mezzosopran, Violine, Clarinetten und prepariertes Pianoforte, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
by Manfred Trojahn (b. 1949), "Traum", 2010, first performed 2010 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from »Dann kam die Nacht«. Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Traum", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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