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Atmen, [du unsichtbares Gedicht]1 ! Immerfort [um]2 das eigne [Sein rein eingetauschter Weltraum. Gegengewicht, in dem ich mich rhythmisch ereigne.]1 Einzige Welle, deren allmähliches Meer ich bin ; sparsamstes du von allen möglichen Meeren, -- Raumgewinn. Wieviele von diesen Stellen der Räume waren schon innen in mir. Manche Winde sind wie mein Sohn. Erkennst du mich, Luft, du, voll [noch]1 einst meiniger Orte ? [Du, einmal glatte Rinde, Rundung und Blatt meiner Worte.]1
E. Janson sets stanzas 1, 4
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Authorship
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Erik Janson (b. 1967), "Atmen, du unsichtbares Gedicht !", 2008, stanzas 1,4 [soprano and violoncello], from Fragmente nach Rilke, no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Lieberson (1946 - 2011), "Atmen, du unsichtbares Gedicht" [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Five Rilke Songs, no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Respire, poème invisible !", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani
Text added to the website: 2009-06-01 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:03:15
Line count: 18
Word count: 72
Respire, poème invisible ! Constamment autour du propre Être, pur espace échangé. Contrepoids, dans lequel je nais rythmiquement. Unique vague, dont je suis la mer graduelle ; toi, la plus rare de toutes les mers possibles, espace conquis. Combien de régions de ces espaces déjà ont été À l'intérieur de moi. Combien de vents Ont été comme mes fils. Me reconnais-tu, air, toi, encore plein des lieux jadis miens ? Toi, autrefois écorce lisse, Arrondi et feuille de mes paroles.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 1
Text added to the website: 2014-02-22 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:30
Line count: 18
Word count: 80