A god can do it. But will you tell me how [ ... ]
Sonnets to Orpheus
Song Cycle by Eric Moe (b. 1954)
1. A god can do it. But will you tell me how  [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), no title, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 3
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, The Duino Elegies & The Sonnets to Orpheus; A Dual Language Edition, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2014, p.78
2. O you tender ones, walk now and then  [sung text not yet checked]
O you tender ones, walk now and then [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), no title, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 4
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, The Duino Elegies & The Sonnets to Orpheus; A Dual Language Edition, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2014, p.89
3. Only in the realm of Praising, should Lament  [sung text checked 1 time]
Only in the realm of Praising, should Lament [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 8
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.4. Wait..., that tastes good.... But already it's gone  [sung text not yet checked]
Wait..., that tastes good.... But already it's gone [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 15
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.5. But you, divine poet, you who sang on till the end  [sung text checked 1 time]
But you, divine poet, you who sang on till the end [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1922, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 26
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.6. Will transformation. Oh be inspired for the flame  [sung text checked 1 time]
Will transformation. Oh be inspired for the flame [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), no title, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 12
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, The Duino Elegies & The Sonnets to Orpheus; A Dual Language Edition, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2014, p.157
7. How deeply the cry of a bird can move us  [sung text checked 1 time]
How deeply the cry of a bird can move us [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 26
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.8. Silent friend of many distances, feel  [sung text checked 1 time]
Silent friend of many distances, feel [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 29
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