Pietà | Jetzt wird mein Elend voll, und namenlos

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Jetzt wird mein Elend voll, und namenlos

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Jetzt wird mein Elend voll, und namenlos
erfüllt es mich. Ich starre wie des Steins
Inneres starrt.
Hart wie ich bin, weiß ich nur Eins:
Du wurdest groß --
. . . . . . und wurdest groß,
um als zu großer Schmerz
ganz über meines Herzens Fassung
hinauszustehn.
Jetzt liegst du quer durch meinen Schooß,
jetzt kann ich dich nicht mehr
gebären.

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Gedichte, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1997, page 621.

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Pietà", appears in Das Marien-Leben, no. 11, first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Alexander Albrecht (1885 - 1958), "Pietà" [ soprano, chorus, orchestra ], from Drei Gedichte aus dem Marienleben von R.M. Rilke, no. 2, Eirich Theaterverlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "Pietà", 1950-65 [ soprano and piano ], from Das Marienleben, no. 5, Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans-Georg Burghardt (1909 - 1993), "Pietà", op. 35 no. 3 (1937) [ voice and piano ], Breslau : Littmann [sung text checked 1 time]
by Serge Benoist de Gastyne (1930 - 1992), "Pieta" [sung text not yet checked]
by Daniel Glaus (b. 1957), "Pietà I", 1992 [ alto and chorus ], from De Angelis IV: Motetten und Gesänge zu Karfreitag, no. 1, Müller & Schade AG [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Pietà", op. 27 no. 11 (1922-3), rev. 1948, from Das Marienleben, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg (1867 - 1944), "Pietà", 1926 [ alto, 2 violins, viola, violoncello and double bass ], from 6 Gesänge aus dem Marienleben von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Leo Langer (b. 1952), "Pietà", 2013 [ mixed chorus ], Carus Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Fritz Lubrich, Jr. (1888 - 1971), "Pietà", op. 66 no. 2 (1900-1932) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Svyatoslav Lunyov (b. 1964), "Pietà", 2013 [ soprano, saxophone, piano, violin, and cello ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "Pietà", op. 55 no. 3 (1971) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Kurt Rapf (1922 - 2007), "Pietà", copyright © 1988 [ soprano and organ ], from Fünf Lieder aus dem Marienleben, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Rütti (b. 1949), "Pietà", 1991 [ mezzo-soprano, harp and piano ], from Das Marien-Leben, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Thomas Sleeper (1956 - 2022), "Pietà", 1986 [ voice and violin ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Josep Soler i Sardà (1935 - 2022), "Pietà", 1980/2009 [ soprano, violoncello and piano ], from Mater dolorosa, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Josep Soler i Sardà (1935 - 2022), "Pietà", 1959 [ soprano and piano or instrumental ensemble ], from Das Marienleben, no. 4, revised 1979 [sung text not yet checked]
by Josep Soler i Sardà (1935 - 2022), "Pietà", 1961 [ mixed chorus ], from Dos Motetes, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by József Soproni (b. 1930), "Pietà" [ soprano and piano ], from Nyolc dal R. M. Rilke verseire = Eight Songs to Poems by R. M. Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in Latin, a translation by J. Jenal ; composed by Carl Rütti.
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