Langsam lischt das Schloß aus. Alle sind schwer: müde oder verliebt oder trunken. Nach so vielen leeren, langen Feldnächten: Betten. Breite eichene Betten. Da betet sichs anders als in der lumpigen Furche unterwegs, die, wenn man einschlafen will, wie ein Grab wird. "Herrgott, wie Du willst!" Kürzer sind die Gebete im Bett. Aber inniger.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Werke. Kommentiere Ausgabe in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel, Ulrich Fülleborn, Horst Nalewski, August Stahl, Band I Gedichte 1895 bis 1910, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel und Ulrich Fülleborn, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1996, page 149.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 19, first published 1906 [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 Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "Langsam lischt das Schloß aus", 1918/1919, from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Kornetts Christoph Rilke, no. 19 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Casimir von Pászthory (1886 - 1966), "Langsam lischt das Schloß aus. Alle sind schwer", 1914, first performed 1914 [ reciter and piano ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 20, Leipzig: Fr. Kistner & C.F.W. Siegel, 1919 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Margaret Dows Herter Norton Crena de Iongh, née Herter (1894 - 1985) , no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 19, copyright © ; composed by Lisa Bielawa.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Margaret Dows Herter Norton Crena de Iongh, née Herter) , no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 19, copyright ©
- ENG English (Margaret Dows Herter Norton Crena de Iongh, née Herter) , no title
- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-30
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Word count: 54
Slowly the castle lights go out. Everyone is heavy ...
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Confirmed with M. D. Herter Norton, The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, W. W. Norton & Company, 1963. Note: this is a prose text with arbitrary line-breaks added.
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 19, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 19, first published 1906
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Lisa Bielawa (b. 1968), "Castle", first performed 2006 [ baritone and piano ], from The Lay of the Love and Death, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2024-01-11
Line count: 10
Word count: 64