by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943)
Rose, oh reiner Widerspruch, Lust
Language: German (Deutsch)
Rose, oh reiner Widerspruch, Lust, Niemandes Schlaf zu sein unter soviel Lidern.
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Rose, oh pure contradiction, joy [ ... ]
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- Set to music by Oliver Knussen, CBE (1952 - 2018), "epigram", 1988, first performed 1989 [ soprano ], from Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke , no. 1, Faber music
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