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Drama
German source: Heiner Müller

Die Toten warten auf der Gegenschräge
Manchmal halten sie eine Hand ins Licht
Als lebten sie. Bis sie sich ganz zurückziehn
In ihr gewohntes Dunkel das uns blendet.

Drama
English translation © Richard Stokes

The dead wait on the opposite slope
Sometimes they hold one hand up to the light
As if alive. Till they retreat utterly
Into their customary darkness which blinds us.

Drama
German source: Heiner Müller

Drama
English source: Richard Stokes

Die Toten warten auf der Gegenschräge
The dead wait on the opposite slope
Manchmal halten sie eine Hand ins Licht
Sometimes they hold one hand up to the light
Als lebten sie. Bis sie sich ganz zurückziehn
As if alive. Till they retreat utterly
In ihr gewohntes Dunkel das uns blendet.
Into their customary darkness which blinds us.

Composer

Wolfgang Rihm

Wolfgang Rihm is a German composer. Rihm is musical director of the Institute of New Music and Media at the University of Music Karlsruhe and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Salzburg Festival.

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