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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Du machst mich allein
 (Sung text for setting by A. Webern)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Du machst mich allein. Dich einzig kann ich vertauschen.
Eine Weile bist du's, dann wieder ist es das Rauschen,
oder es ist ein Duft ohne Rest.
Ach, in den Armen hab ich sie alle verloren,
du nur, du wirst immer wieder geboren:
weil ich niemals dich anhielt, halt ich dich fest.

Composition:

    Set to music by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Du machst mich allein", op. 8 (Zwei Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke) no. 2 (1910)

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Aus dem Nachlaß, in Lied, no. 3

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "You make me alone", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Toi seule me crée", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) (Greinem Izrailevich Ratgauz) , no title, copyright ©


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 51

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