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Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm (1899) Op. 2 no.2

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4 Lieder (Op. 2)

Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm

Richard Dehmel

Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm;

Jeder Morgen soll dich mahnen,

Daß du mir die Haare küßtest.

Schenk mir deinen seidenen Schwamm;

Jeden Abend will ich ahnen,

Wem du dich im Bade rüstest,

O Maria!

Schenk mir Alles, was du hast;

Meine Seele ist nicht eitel,

Stolz empfang ich deinen Segen.

Schenk mir deine schwerste Last:

Willst du nicht auf meinen Scheitel

Auch dein Herz, dein Herz noch legen,

Magdalena?

Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm

Richard Dehmel

Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm;

jeder Morgen soll dich mahnen,

daß du mir die Haare küßtest.

Schenk mir deinen seidenen Schwamm;

jeden Abend will ich ahnen,

wem du dich im Bade rüstest,

o Maria!

Schenk mir Alles, was du hast;

meine Seele ist nicht eitel,

stolz empfang ich deinen Segen.

Schenk mir deine schwerste Last:

willst du nicht auf meinen Scheitel

auch dein Herz, dein Herz noch legen,

Magdalena?

Give me your golden comb

English Translation © Richard Stokes

Give me your golden comb;

every morning shall remind you

that you kissed my hair.

Give me your silken sponge;

every evening I want to sense

for whom you prepared yourself in the bath -

oh, Maria!

Give me everything you have;

my soul is not vain,

proudly I receive your blessing.

Give me your heavy burden:

will you not lay on my head

your heart too, your heart -

Magdalena?

Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

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Composer

Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg or Schönberg was an Austrian composer, music theorist, and painter. He was associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School.

Poet

Richard Dehmel

Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer. His poems use a range of metrical patterns, and have been set to music by composers such as Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, and Kurt Weill. His poetry often focused on themes of love and sensuality, and he was tried for obscenity and blasphemy in the late 1890s.

Poet

Richard Dehmel

Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was a German poet and writer. His poems use a range of metrical patterns, and have been set to music by composers such as Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg, and Kurt Weill. His poetry often focused on themes of love and sensuality, and he was tried for obscenity and blasphemy in the late 1890s.

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(As part of a song cycle/series:)

24 Oct 2019: 72. Four Last Songs: Carolyn Sampson & Joseph Middleton
20 Oct 2018: Stockholm to Vienna: Camilla Tilling & Paul Rivinius
20 Oct 2017: The End of Romanticism: Caitlin Hulcup & Lada Valesová

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