Zwei Lieder vom Tode

Song Cycle by León Schidlowsky (b. 1931)

Language: German (Deutsch)

O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod.
Das Sterben, das aus jenem Leben geht,
darin er Liebe hatte, Sinn und Not.

Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1903, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 3. Das Buch von der Armut und dem Tode, no. 6

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Walter A. Aue) , "Oh Lord, award to each his fitting death", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "O Lord", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Concedi a ognuno, o Dio, la sua propria morte", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Das Stunden-Buch, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1908, p.86

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

Language: German (Deutsch)

Der Tod ist groß. 
Wir sind die Seinen
lachenden Munds. 
Wenn wir uns mitten im Leben meinen,
wagt er zu weinen
mitten in uns.

Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Schlußstück", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, first published 1920

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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

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