Star in My Forehead: Selected PoemsElse Lasker-Schüler's poems are small red fires of passion in a time of total darkness. At great cost, she rescued her innocence from the brutality of the Nazi age and tested the resilience of her Jewish soul. In these translations, Janine Canan renders into English both the lyrical intensity of that endeavor, and the palpable danger and mystery that made it possible. This is travel at root-level.-Andrei Codrescu Night Secret I have chosen you Am awake, a listening flower Our lips long to make honey, From your body's holy spark All my dreams hang from your gold. |
Contents
Preface | ix |
Translators Note | xi |
SONG OF THE BLESSED 18841911 | 21 |
Song of the Blessed Das Lied des Gesalbten | 23 |
Shulamite Sulamith | 25 |
Love Die Liebe | 26 |
The Evening Rests on My Brow Der Abend ruht auf meiner Stirne | 29 |
Night Secret Heimlich zur Nacht | 31 |
To the Barbarian Dem Barbaren | 71 |
But Your Eyebrows Are Storms Aber deine Brauen sind Unwetter | 73 |
A Love Song Ein Liebeslied | 75 |
Parted Abschied | 77 |
Our Love Song Unser Liebeslied | 79 |
Farewell Abschied | 81 |
A Song Ein Lied | 83 |
My Mother Meine Mutter | 85 |
When You Come Wenn Du Kommst | 33 |
An Old Tibetan Carpet Ein alter Tibetteppich | 35 |
am Sad Ich bin traurig | 37 |
Homesick Heimweh | 39 |
Mary of Nazareth Marie von Nazareth | 41 |
HEBREW BALLADS 19051920 | 43 |
Atonement Versöhnung | 45 |
My People Mein Volk | 47 |
Abel Abel | 51 |
Hagar and Ishmael Hagar und Ishmael | 53 |
Jacob Jakob | 55 |
Pharaoh and Joseph Pharao und Joseph | 57 |
David and Jonathan David und Jonathan | 59 |
Esther Esther | 61 |
Sabaoth Zebaoth | 65 |
To God An Gott | 67 |
OUR LOVE SONG 19131923 | 69 |
The Old Temple in Prague Der alte Tempel in Prag | 87 |
My Silent Song Mein stilles Lied | 89 |
Prayer Gebet | 93 |
MY BLUE PIANO 19321945 | 95 |
My Blue Piano Mein blaues Klavier | 97 |
Know Ich Weiss | 98 |
Autumn Herbst | 101 |
A Love Song Ein Liebeslied | 105 |
Love You Ich liebe dich | 107 |
In My Womb In meinem Schosse | 109 |
To the Beloved Dem Holden | 111 |
My Fate Led Me into the Clouds Mich führte in die Wolke | 113 |
My Freedom Meine Freiheit | 115 |
Sleep at Night Ich schlafe in der Nacht | 117 |
A Single Human Being Unfinished Ein Einziger Mensch | 119 |
Exhausted My Heart Rests Mein Herz ruht müde | 121 |
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