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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Anita Barrows and by Joanna Macy

Lösch mir die Augen aus: ich kann dich...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Lösch mir die Augen aus: ich kann dich sehn,
wirf mir die Ohren zu: ich kann dich hören,
und ohne Füße kann ich zu dir gehn,
und ohne Mund noch kann ich dich beschwören.
Brich mir die Arme ab, ich fasse dich
mit meinem Herzen wie mit einer Hand,
halt mir das Herz zu, und mein Hirn wird schlagen,
und wirfst du in mein Hirn den Brand,
so werd ich dich auf meinem Blute tragen.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Lösch mir die Augen aus", appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 2. Das Buch von der Pilgerschaft, no. 7

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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-09
Line count: 9
Word count: 75

Extinguish my eyes, I’ll go on seeing you
 (Sung text for setting by B. Mehldau)
 Matches base text
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Extinguish my eyes, I’ll go on seeing you
 [ ... ]
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Composition:

    Set to music by Brad Mehldau (b. 1970), "Extinguish my eyes, I’ll go on seeing you", first performed 2005 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Songs from Rainer Maria Rilke’s The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God, no. 7

Text Authorship:

  • by Anita Barrows , copyright ©
  • by Joanna Macy , copyright ©

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Lösch mir die Augen aus", appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 2. Das Buch von der Pilgerschaft, no. 7
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-19
Line count: 9
Word count: 78

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