Ein alter Tibetteppich

from Komm zu mir in der Nacht by E.L.S.E. Else-Lasker-Schüler-Experience

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3. Tibetteppich

Ich finde, das ist eines der besten Gedichte überhaupt: ein meisterhaftes Flechtwerk aus schimmernden Vokalen und prickelnden Konsonaten.
Und es enthält das tollste Wort der Welt: Maschentausendabertausendweit!
So toll, dass es den ganzen Refrain für sich allein bekommen hat.
Aber es gibt noch mehr erstaunliche Wörter darin und jeder kann sein liebstes finden.

For me this is one of the most beautiful poems in all the world: a masterpiece of shining vowals an shimmering konsonants interwoven with each other. And it contains the best word ever: Maschentausendabertausendweit (in German)
It means something like: entangeldathousendtimesathousandyears
I find it so extraordinary, that I gave it the whole refrain of the song.

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Ein alter Tibetteppich

Deine Seele, die die meine liebet,
Ist verwirkt mit ihr im Teppichtibet.

Strahl in Strahl, verliebte Farben,
Sterne, die sich himmellang umwarben.

Unsere Füße ruhen auf der Kostbarkeit,
Maschentausendabertausendweit.

Süßer Lamasohn auf Moschuspflanzenthron,
Wie lange küßt dein Mund den meinen wohl
Und Wang die Wange buntgeknüpfte Zeiten schon?

An Old Tibetan Carpet

In the strands of an old carpet
Your soul blends into mine.

Each strand of loving color
Weaves stars across the sky.

The quiet of our footsteps
Nets riches far and wide.

How long will your sweet kisses
Engulf these lips of mine
Knotting musky blushes
Across the cheeks of time?

By Else Lasker-Schüler.
Adapted by William Myron Davis.
Original title: Ein alter Tibetteppich.

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from Komm zu mir in der Nacht, released May 1, 2018

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