Letzte Bitte (Dehmel, set by C. Ansorge, A. Zemlinsky) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Leg' deine Hand auf meine Augen
daß mein Blut wie Meeresnächte dünkelt:
Fern im Nachen lauscht der Tod.

Leg' deine Hand auf meine Augen,
bis mein Blut wie Himmelsnächte funkelt:
Silbern rauscht das schwarze Boot.

Input by Peter Donderwinkel

Authorship

Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863-1920)

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Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862-1930)

Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)

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