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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Ein Händeineinanderlegen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ein Händeineinanderlegen,
Ein langer Kuß auf kühlen Mund,
Und dann: auf schimmerweißen Wegen
Durchwandern wir den Wiesengrund.

Durch leisen, weißen Blütenregen
Schickt uns der Tag den ersten Kuß, –
Mir ist: Wir wandeln Gott entgegen,
Der durchs Gebreite kommen muß.

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Erste Gedichte, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1913


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Advent, in Funde, no. 17, first published 1898 [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 Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "Wir wandeln Gott entgegen", 1925, published 1929 [ soprano and piano ], from Rilke Lieder, no. 4, from Rilke-Lieder, no. 12, Wien : Edition Vienna, Rudolf Jamnig [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fabrice Bollon (b. 1965), "Ein Händeineinanderlegen" [ soprano and organ ], from Sechs zarte Lieder, no. 4, Edition Peters [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Ein Händeineinanderlegen", op. 56 no. 25 [ voice and piano ], from 27 Lieder zu Gedichte von R. M. Rilke, no. 25 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Weinmann (1878 - 1905), "Morgengang", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, München, Schmid Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-10-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

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