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Raumgewinn – Musik für eine Elbaue

Song Cycle by Mike Svoboda (b. 1960)

1. Raumgewinn  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Atmen, du unsichtbares Gedicht!
Immerfort um]1 das eigne
[Sein rein eingetauschter Weltraum. 
  Gegengewicht,
in dem ich mich rhythmisch ereigne.]2
 
Einzige Welle, deren
allmähliches Meer ich bin ;
sparsamstes du von allen möglichen 
  Meeren, --
Raumgewinn.
 
Wieviele von diesen Stellen der
  Räume waren schon
innen in mir. Manche Winde
sind wie mein Sohn.
 
Erkennst du mich, Luft, du, voll [noch]2 
  einst meiniger Orte ?
[Du, einmal glatte Rinde,
Rundung und Blatt meiner Worte.]2

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 1

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Respire, poème invisible !", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Janson: "Atmen, immerfort in"
2 omitted by Janson

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
Total word count: 73
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