by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985)
Der von Langenau schreibt einen Brief,...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der von Langenau schreibt einen Brief, ganz in Gedanken.
Langsam malt er mit großen, ernsten, aufrechten Lettern:
"Meine gute Mutter,
"seid stolz: Ich trage die Fahne,
"seid ohne Sorge: Ich trage die Fahne,
"habt mich lieb: Ich trage die Fahne -- "
[ ... ]
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Werke. Kommentiere Ausgabe in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel, Ulrich Fülleborn, Horst Nalewski, August Stahl, Band I Gedichte 1895 bis 1910, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel und Ulrich Fülleborn, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1996, page 146.
1 omitted by UllmannText Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 12, first published 1906
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "The letter", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Perdu dans ses pensées, von Languenau écrit une lettre", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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I carry the flag See original
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Von Langenau is writing a letter, deep in thought [ ... ]
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Composition:
- Set to music by Lisa Bielawa (b. 1968), "I carry the flag", first performed 2006, stanzas 1-2 [ baritone and piano ], from The Lay of the Love and Death, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 12, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 12, first published 1906
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