by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
From "Requiem"
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I'll simply watch the animals [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from stanza 4, copyright © [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Requiem für Paula Modersohn Becker", subtitle: "Für eine Freundin", written 1908
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "From "Requiem"", 1980 [high voice and guitar], from Three Rilke Songs, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2011-10-22
Line count: 11
Word count: 69