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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943)

Wartet..., das schmeckt ... Schon ists...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wartet..., das schmeckt ... Schon ists auf der Flucht.
[... Wenig Musik nur, ein Stampfen, ein Summen —:]1
Mädchen, ihr warmen, Mädchen, ihr stummen,
tanzt den Geschmack der erfahrenen Frucht!

Tanzt die Orange. Wer kann sie vergessen,
wie sie, ertrinkend in sich, sich wehrt
wider ihr Süsssein. Ihr habt sie besessen.
Sie hat sich köstlich zu euch bekehrt.

Tanzt die Orange. Die wärmere Landschaft,
werft sie aus euch, dass die reife erstrahle
in Lüften der Heimat! Erglühte, enthüllt

Düfte um Düfte! Schafft die Verwandtschaft
mit der reinen, sich weigernden Schale,
mit dem Saft, der die glückliche füllt!

H. Birtwistle sets line 2

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Sonette an Orpheus, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1923

1 Birtwistle: "Wenig Musik nur."

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 15

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This text was added to the website: 2023-07-20
Line count: 14
Word count: 96

Dance the Orange
 (Sung text for setting by R. Danielpour)
 Matches base text
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Wait..., that tastes good.... But already it's gone
 [ ... ]
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Composition:

    Set to music by Richard Danielpour (b. 1956), "Dance the Orange", subtitle: "Sonnet XV", 1994, published 1995 [ baritone and chamber orchestra ], from Sonnets to Orpheus (Book I), no. 2, Associated Music Publishers

Text Authorship:

  • by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 15
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 108

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