by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Sieh dir die Liebenden an
Language: German (Deutsch)
Sieh dir die Liebenden an, wenn erst das Bekennen begann, wie bald sie lügen.
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Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Aus dem Nachlaß, in Lied, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Natalie Bayada-Snoeren , "Lied" [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Rilke, no. 8b [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Du, der ichs nicht sage", op. 8 (Zwei Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke) no. 1 (1910)
- by Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918 - 1970), "Lied der Abelone", 1939 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Schott
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "Look at the lovers", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Regarde les amants", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Greinem Izrailevich Ratgauz) , no title, copyright ©
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-19
Line count: 3
Word count: 14