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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by V. Ullmann)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Ein Tag durch den Troß. Flüche, Farben, Lachen --  : 
davon blendet das Land. Kommen bunte Buben gelaufen. 
Raufen und Rufen. Kommen Dirnen mit purpurnen Hüten 
im flutenden Haar. Winken. Kommen Knechte, 
schwarzeisern wie wandernde Nacht. 
Packen die Dirnen heiß, daß ihnen die Kleider zerreißen. 
Drücken sie an den Trommelrand. 
Und von der wilderen Gegenwehr hastiger Hände 
werden die Trommeln wach, wie im Traum poltern sie, poltern --.
Und Abends halten sie ihm Laternen her, seltsame:
Wein, leuchtend in eisernen Hauben. Wein? Oder Blut? --
Wer kanns unterscheiden?

Composition:

    Set to music by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), no title, 1944 [ reciter and piano ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, Erster Teil, no. 4, Mainz: Schott Music GmbH & Co., 1995

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 9, first published 1906

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "A day among the army train", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Un jour avec le train des équipages", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 85

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