by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Und wie mag die Liebe dir kommen sein? Kam sie wie ein Sonnen, ein Blütenschein, Kam sie wie ein Beten? -- Erzähle: Ein Glück löste leuchtend vom Himmel sich los Und hing mit gefalteten Schwingen groß An meiner blühenden Seele.
Composition:
- Set to music by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Liebe", 1904-5 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 28
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1896, appears in Traumgekrönt, in Lieben, no. 1
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "And how might Love have come to you?", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger) , "Amour", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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