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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by G. van Dam)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
 ... 
Das Erz hat Heimweh. Und verlassen
will es die Münzen und die Räder,
die es ein kleines Leben lehren.
Und aus Fabriken und aus Kassen
wird es zurück in das Geäder
der aufgetanen Berge kehren,
die sich verschließen hinter ihm.

Composition:

    Set to music by George van Dam , no title, 1994, lines 11-17 [ countertenor and violin ], from Rilke Songs, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 2. Das Buch von der Pilgerschaft, no. 24

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