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Töten ist eine Gestalt unseres wandernden Trauerns...
Rein ist im heiteren Geist,
was an uns selber geschieht.
Manche, des Todes, entstand ruhig geordnete Regel
Set by Erik Janson (b. 1967), no title, 2008 [ soprano and violoncello ], from Fragmente nach Rilke, no. 3 [Sung Text]
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 11
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Wolle die Wandlung. O sei für die Flamme begeistert, ... jener entwerfende Geist, welcher das Irdische meistert, liebt in dem Schwung der Figur nichts wie den wendenden Punkt. Was sich ins Bleiben verschließt, schon ists das Erstarrte; ... ...
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 12
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Désire la transformation", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Author(s): Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)