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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation by Maurice Betz (1898 - 1946)

Bangnis
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im welken Walde ist ein Vogelruf,
der sinnlos scheint in diesem welken Walde.
Und dennoch ruht der runde Vogelruf
in dieser Weile, die ihn schuf,
breit wie ein Himmel auf dem welken Walde.
Gefügig räumt sich alles in den Schrei.
Das ganze Land scheint lautlos drin zu liegen,
der große Wind scheint sich hineinzuschmiegen,
und die Minute, welche weiter will,
ist bleich und still, als ob sie Dinge wüßte,
an denen jeder sterben müßte,
aus ihm herausgestiegen.

Confirmed with Rainer-Maria Rilke, Das Buch der Bilder, Zweite sehr vermehrte Auflage, 1. Buch Teil 2, Berlin / Leipzig, Stuttgart: Axel Junker Verlag, page. 45, 1906.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Bangnis", appears in Das Buch der Bilder [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 Matei Pop , "Bangnis" [ voice and string quartet ], from Două lieduri pe versuri de R.M. Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Erich Schmid (1907 - 2000), "Bangnis" [ mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra ], from Suite. Nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jürgen Schmitt (b. 1954), "Bangnis", published 2001 [ soprano and piano ], from 4 Lieder nach Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Maurice Betz (1898 - 1946) ; composed by Émile Goué, Raymond Loucheur.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-10-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 77

Inquiétude
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Dans la forêt fanée est un appel d'oiseau, inexplicablement, 
Dans la forêt fanée. Et pourtant, ce rond cri d'oiseau 
Repose dans l'instant qui l'engendra, 
Grand comme un ciel sur la forêt fanée.

Tout vient docilement se ranger dans ce cri.
Tout le paysage y semble reposer.
Le vent lui-même parait s'y tapir
Et la minute, pressée de fuir, muette et blême,
Semble savoir des choses qui nous feraient mourir, 
Échappées de ce cri.

Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Betz (1898 - 1946) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Bangnis", appears in Das Buch der Bilder
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Émile Goué (1904 - 1946), "Inquiétude", 1943, published 2001 [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Rilke, no. 1, Clichy-sous-bois : Éd. Jonaphil [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Raymond Loucheur (1899 - 1979), "Inquiétude", 1952-1957 [ mezzo-soprano and string quartet ], from 5 poèmes de Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-02-09
Line count: 10
Word count: 73

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