by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Nun wachen wir Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch)
Nun wachen wir mit den Erinnerungen und halten das Gesicht an das, was war; flüsternde Süße, die uns einst durchdrungen, sitzt schweigend neben mit gelöstem Haar.
Composition:
- Set to music by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Nun wachen wir", copyright © 2012 [ soprano, viola d'amore, viola, and cello ], from Songs of Loss and Remembrance, no. 3, confirmed with an online score
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1913
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