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Und du wartest, erwartest das Eine, das dein Leben unendlich vermehrt; das Mächtige, Ungemeine, das Erwachen der Steine, Tiefen, dir zugekehrt. Es dämmern im Bücherständer die Bände in Gold und Braun; und du denkst an durchfahrene Länder, an Bilder, an die Gewänder wiederverlorener Fraun. Und da weißt du auf einmal: das war es. Du erhebst dich, und vor dir steht eines vergangenen Jahres Angst und Gestalt und Gebet.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Erinnerung", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, first published 1920 [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 Paul Juon (1872 - 1940), "Erinnerung", op. 13 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 (1900), published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carlos Micháns (b. 1950), "Erinnerung", 1989, copyright © 1989, first performed 1991 [ chorus ], from Herbstlieder, no. 4, Amsterdam: Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Rodby (b. 1944), "Erinnerung" [ voice and orchestra ], from Rilkegesangen, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegfried Scheffler (b. 1933), "Erinnerung" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yury Semyonovich Vaikhansky (1958 - 2019), "Erinnerung" [ voice and guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Erinnerung" [ men's chorus and piano ], from Lieder des Herbstes nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Glebovich Kupryanov (b. 1939) , copyright © ; composed by Yury Semyonovich Vaikhansky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Souvenir", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-21
Line count: 14
Word count: 68
Et tu attends, attends l'unique qui enrichit sans limite ta vie ; le puissant, l'extrême, le réveil de la pierre, profondeurs remontées en toi. Dans la bibliothèque la nuit tombe sur les volumes ors et bruns ; et tu penses à des pays parcourus, à des images, aux robes des femmes à nouveau perdues. Et alors soudain tu sais : c'était ça. Tu te redresses et devant toi il y a peurs, personnes et prières d'une année écoulée.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Erinnerung", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, first published 1920
This text was added to the website: 2013-01-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 75