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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

La morte del poeta
 (Sung text for setting by R. Malipiero)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Er lag. Sein aufgestelltes Anglitz war 
bleich und verweigernd in den steilen Kissen,
seitdem die Welt und dieses Von-ihr-Wissen,
von seinen Sinnen abgerissen, 
zurückfiel an das teilnahmslose Jahr.

Die, so ihn leben sahen, wußten nicht,
wie sehr er Eines war mit allem diesen;
denn Dieses: diese Tiefen, diese Wiesen
und diese Wasser waren sein Gesicht.

O sein Gesicht war diese ganze Weite,
die jetzt noch zu ihm will und um ihn wirbt,
und seine Maske, die nun bang verstirbt,
ist zart und offen wie die Innenseite 
von einer Frucht, die an der Luft verdirbt.

Composition:

    Set to music by Riccardo Malipiero (1914 - 2003), "La morte del poeta", 1965, published c1965 [ voice and guitar ], from Due ballate, no. 1, Milano : Suvini Zerboni

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Der Tod des Dichters", appears in Neue Gedichte, first published 1892

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La mort del poeta", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Salvador Pila) , "Death of a poet", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La mort du poète", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 94

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