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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Die Stille
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Hörst du Geliebte, ich hebe die Hände - 
hörst du: es rauscht... 
Welche Gebärde der Einsamen fände 
sich nicht von vielen Dingen belauscht? 
Hörst du, Geliebte, ich schließe die Lider 
und auch das ist Geräusch bis zu dir. 
Hörst du, Geliebte, ich hebe sie wieder...... 
... aber warum bist du nicht hier. 
Der Abdruck meiner kleinsten Bewegung 
bleibt in der seidenen Stille sichtbar; 
unvernichtbar drückt die geringste Erregung 
in den gespannten Vorhang der Ferne sich ein. 
Auf meinen Atemzügen heben und senken 
die Sterne sich. 
Zu meinen Lippen kommen die Düfte zur Tränke, 
und ich erkenne die Handgelenke 
entfernter Engel. 
Nur die ich denke: Dich 
seh ich nicht. 

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Das Buch der Bilder, Leipzig : Im Insel-Verlag, 1923, p.14


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Die Stille", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, no. 11 [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), "Die Stille", 1974 [ baritone, soprano and piano ], from Die Braut - Die Stille, no. 2, Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Krzysztof Baculewski (b. 1950), "Die Stille" [ mixed chorus ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bruno Bartolozzi (1911 - 1980), "Die Stille", published 1959 [ soprano and chamber orchestra ], from Immagine, no. 1, Firenze : A. Bruzzichelli [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jean Hans August Daetwyler (1907 - 1994), "Die Stille" [ soprano and string quartet ], from 3 Rilke-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pascal Gaigne (b. 1958), "Die Stille" [ voice, piano and orchestra ], from The last life of Lucifer, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ingo Höricht (b. 1955), "Die Stille" [ voice, viola, piano ], from Liebeslyrik von Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gabriel Iranyi (b. 1946), "Die stille", 2003-2016 [ mixed chorus ], from Drei Phantasien nach R. M. Rilke, no. 2, Berlin : Verlag Neue Musik [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Willem Kersters (1929 - 1998), "Hörst du Geliebte, ich hebe die Hände", op. 98 no. 3 (1995), copyright © 1999 [ women's chorus ], from Stille, Nacht und Liebe, no. 3, Brussels : CeBeDeM [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bernadetta Matuszczak (b. 1931), "Die Stille", 1971, copyright © 1977 [ baritone and orchestra ], from Piesni Rilkego, no. 4, Kraków : Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vsevolod Pozdejev (b. 1979), "Die Stille", first performed 2017 [ baritone and piano ], from 3 Lieder Gedichte von Rainer Marie Rilke , no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Michael Thilo , "Die Stille", from Rilke-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), a translation possibly by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Marcel Landowski.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-12-04
Line count: 19
Word count: 106

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