by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Albert Ernest Flemming
Härte schwand. Auf einmal legt sich...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Härte schwand. Auf einmal legt sich Schonung an der Wiesen aufgedecktes Grau. Kleine Wasser ändern die Betonung. Zärtlichkeiten, ungenau, greifen nach der Erde aus dem Raum. Wege gehen weit uns Land und Zeigens. Unvermutet siehst du seines Steigens Ausdruck in dem leeren Baum.
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- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Vorfrühling", appears in Die Gedichte 1922-1926
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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Harshness vanished. A sudden softness [ ... ]
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- Set to music by Walter Joseph Buczynski (b. 1933), no title, 1987 [ soprano and string quartet ], from String quartet #3, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Albert Ernest Flemming , "Early Spring", written 1924, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Vorfrühling", appears in Die Gedichte 1922-1926
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