Ins Hirn gehaun - halb? zu drei Vierteln? -, gibst du, genächtet, die Parolen - diese : "Tatarenpfeile". "Kunstbrei". "Atem". Es kommen alle, keiner fehlt und keine. (Sipheten und Probyllen sind dabei.) Es kommt ein mensch. Weltapfelgross die Träne neben dir, durchbrauscht, durchfahren von Antwort, Antwort, Antwort. Durchseist - von wem? "Passiert", sagst du, "passiert", "passiert". Der stille Aussatz löst sich dir vom Gaumen und fächelt deiner Zunge Licht zu, Licht.
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Authorship:
- by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), "Give the Word" [author's text not yet checked 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 Lars Hegaard (b. 1950), "Give the Word", 2015-16 [ mezzo-soprano, clarinet, violoncello and piano ], from Vier Gedichte von Paul Celan, no. 4, Edition·S | music¬sound-art [sung text checked 1 time]
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