You don’t have to understand existence [ ... ]
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Song Cycle by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952)
9. You Don’t Have to Understand Existence
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- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), "You Don’t Have to Understand Existence", copyright ©
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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.10. Only the Girls
Others must go a long way [ ... ]
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- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1900, appears in Das Buch der Bilder, in Von den Mädchen, no. 1
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Give me a little bit more time: I want to love all things like no one else [ ... ]
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- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 61
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]Death is grand [ ... ]
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- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Schlußstück", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, first published 1920
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]Let your beauty always be [ ... ]
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- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Initiale", appears in Das Buch der Bilder
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]12. Earnest Hour
Who cries now somewhere in the world [ ... ]
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- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ernste Stunde", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, first published 1906
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I live my life in growing circles [ ... ]
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- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 2, first published 1905
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I am at home between day and dream [ ... ]
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- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ich bin zu Hause", written 1897
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There is my window. Just now.
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- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Die Liebende", appears in Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil
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