by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952)
Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen, die sich über die Dinge ziehn. Ich werde den letzten vielleicht nicht vollbringen, aber versuchen will ich ihn. Ich kreise um Gott, um den uralten Turm, und ich kreise jahrtausendelang; und ich weiß noch nicht: bin ich ein Falke, ein Sturm oder ein großer Gesang.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Werke, kommentierte Ausgabe in vier Bänden, Band 1 Gedichte 1895 bis 1910, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel und Ulrich Fülleborn, Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1996, page 157.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 2, first published 1905
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Walter A. Aue) , "I'm living my life in spiraling gyres", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je vis ma vie en cercles croissants", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Am I a Falcon, a Storm or a Great Song Matches base text
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I live my life in growing circles [ ... ]
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Composition:
- Set to music by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), "Am I a Falcon, a Storm or a Great Song", first performed 2021 [ voice and band ], from my poet’s love, no. 13, sung by Lia Pale on album: my poet’s love, Universal Music Austria (Soulfood)
Text Authorship:
- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 2, first published 1905
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