by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Annette LeSiege (1947 - 2012)
I live my life
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
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Authorship:
- by Annette LeSiege (1947 - 2012), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 2, first published 1905
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Annette LeSiege (1947 - 2012), "I live my life", published 2011, copyright © 2011 [ soprano and piano ], from Three Rilke songs, no. 3, Seesaw Music, Verona, NJ
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Robert Bly (b. 1926) , "I live my life in growing orbits", appears in Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, first published 1981, copyright © 1981 by Harper and Row, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Mark Abel, Bradley A. Bombardier, Robert Benford Lepley, Michael Alec Rose.
- Also set in English, a translation by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958) , first published 2017, copyright © ; composed by David Evan Thomas.
- Also set in English, a translation by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952) , copyright © ; composed by Mathias Rüegg.
- Also set in English, a translation by Joanna Macy , no title ; composed by Imant Raminsh.
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