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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Überfliessende Himmel verschwendeter...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Überfliessende Himmel verschwendeter Sterne
prachten über der Kümmernis. Statt in die Kissen,
weine hinauf. Hier, an dem weinenden schon,
an dem endenden Antlitz,
um sich greifend, beginnt der hin
reißende Weltraum. Wer unterbricht,
wenn du dort hin drängst,
die Strömung? Keiner. Es sei denn,
daß du plötzlich ringst mit der gewaltigen Richtung
jener Gestirne nach dir. Atme.
Atme das Dunkel der Erde und wieder
aufschau ! Wieder. Leicht und gesichtlos,
lehnt sich von oben Tiefe dir an. Das gelöste
nachtenthaltne Gesicht gibt dem deinigen Raum.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Gedichte, Leipzig : Insel-verlag, 1927, p.418


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Letzte Gedichte [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 Martin Seith-Böhm (b. 1958), "Überfließende Himmel", 2008 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jaime del Val (b. 1974), "Überfliessende Himmel" [ voice and piano ], from Am Rande der Nacht (10 Nachtfragmente), no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

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