Hölderlin-Fragmente

Song Cycle by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (b. 1952)

Word count: 107

1. Fragment 57 [sung text checked 1 time]

Ähnlich dem Manne, der Menschen frisset
ist einer der lebt ohne (Liebe)
und Schatten beschreibend hätt er der Augen Zorn.

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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2. Fragment 92 [sung text checked 1 time]

 ...wie Wolken um die [Zeiten]¹ legt...

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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¹ Rihm "Zeit"

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3. Fragment 19 (An meine Schwester) [sung text checked 1 time]

Übernacht' ich im Dorf
Abluft
Straße hinunter
Haus Wiedersehn. Sonne der Heimat
Kahnfahrt,
Freunde Männer und Mutter,
Schlummer.

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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4. Fragment 14 [sung text checked 1 time]

Aber nun ruhet er eine Weile, ...

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Fragment No. 14", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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5. Fragment 27 [sung text checked 1 time]

 am stürzenden Strom,
 Die Städte.

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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6. Empedokles auf dem Ätna - Fragm 17 [sung text not yet checked]

— Tacet —

7. Fragment 38 [sung text checked 1 time]

Denn nirgend bleibt er.
Es fesselt kein Zeichen.
Nicht immer
Ein Gefäß ihn zu fassen.

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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8. Gestalt und Geist - Fragment 22 [sung text checked 1 time]

Alles ist innig
   Das scheidet
So birgt der Dichter

Verwegner! möchtest von Angesicht zu Angesicht
   die Seele sehn
      Du [gehest]¹ in Flammen unter.

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Gestalt und Geist" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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¹ Rihm: "gehst"

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9. Lied des Schweden - Fragment 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Aber ich will nimmer leben
Schlafenden brüllen spielen
Mord und Tod!

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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