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my poet’s love

Song Cycle by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952)

9. You Don’t Have to Understand Existence
 (Sung text)

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You don’t have to understand existence
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Text Authorship:

  • by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), "You Don’t Have to Understand Existence", copyright ©

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title
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10. Only the Girls
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Language: English 
Others must go a long way
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Text Authorship:

  • 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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11. Seven Pages of Loneliness [sung text not yet checked]

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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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Text Authorship:

  • 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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Death is grand
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Text Authorship:

  • 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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Let your beauty always be
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Text Authorship:

  • 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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12. Earnest Hour
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Who cries now somewhere in the world
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Text Authorship:

  • 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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13. Am I a Falcon, a Storm or a Great Song
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
I live my life in growing circles
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Text Authorship:

  • 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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14. Between Day & Dream
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Language: English 
I am at home between day and dream
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Text Authorship:

  • 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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15. Where begins the night

Language: German (Deutsch) 
There is my window. Just now.
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Text Authorship:

  • 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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Total word count: 440
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