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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Geh ich in dir jetzt? Bin ich im Basalte
 (Sung text for setting by T. Medek)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
 ... 

Geh ich in dir jetzt? Bin ich im Basalte
wie ein noch ungefundenes Metall?
Ehrfürchtig füll ich deine Felsenfalte,
und deine Härte fühl ich überall.

Oder ist das die Angst, in der ich bin?
die tiefe Angst der übergroßen Städte,
in die du mich gestellt hast bis ans Kinn?

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Tilo Medek (1940 - 2006), "Geh ich in dir jetzt? Bin ich im Basalte", 1980, copyright © 1982, stanzas 2-3 [ tenor and woodwinds ], from cantata Gethsemane, no. 11, Unkel am Rhein : Medek

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1903, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 3. Das Buch von der Armut und dem Tode, no. 2

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