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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Knut W. Barde

Elegy 15, Sonnet I, 2
 (Sung text for setting by H. Birtwistle)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
 ... 
 ...  Und alles war ihr Schlaf.
 ... 

Note: the text above is taken from line 5 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by Harrison Birtwistle, Sir (1934 - 2022), "Elegy 15, Sonnet I, 2", 2003-04, first performed 2004, line 5 [ oboe, harp and countertenor ], from Orpheus elegies, no. 11, Boosey & Hawkes

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  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 2

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  • ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "Sonnet to Orpheus", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 108

Sonnet to Orpheus
 (Sung text translation for setting by H. Birtwistle)
 See original
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
 ... 
and slept in me. And everything was her sleep.
 ... 

Note: the text above is taken from line 5 of the original text.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 115

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