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Uraltes Wehn vom Meer, Meerwind bei Nacht: du kommst zu keinem her; wenn einer wacht, so muß er sehn, wie er dich übersteht: uraltes Wehn vom Meer, welches weht [nur wie]1 für Ur-Gestein, lauter Raum reißend [von]2 weit herein . . . O wie fühlt dich ein treibender Feigenbaum oben im Mondschein.
Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Gedichte, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1997, pages 546-547.
1 Jarnach: "wie nur"2 Apostel, Paulsen: "wie"
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Lied vom Meer", subtitle: "Capri. Piccola Marina", appears in Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil [author's text checked 2 times 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 Hans Erich Apostel (1901 - 1972), "Lied vom Meer", subtitle: "(Capri, piccola marina)", op. 6 no. 3, published 1937 [ voice and piano ], Wien: Universal-Edition, Nr. 10917 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dorothea Hofmann (b. 1961), "Lied vom Meer", 2020 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Jarnach (1892 - 1982), "Lied vom Meer", op. 15 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helmut Paulsen (b. 1909), "Lied vom Meer" [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben besinnliche Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "Lied vom Meer ", 1948, from Drei Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song of the Sea", subtitle: "Capri. Piccola Marina", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 52
Ancient wafting from the sea, sea-wind at night: you come to no one; when someone keeps watch, he must see to it that he survives you: ancient wafting from the sea, which blows only as if for ancient rocks, tearing hence pure expanses [from]1 afar. . . O how a budding fig tree feels you above in the moonlight.
Subtitle: "Capri. Piccola Marina"
View original text (without footnotes)1 Apostel, Paulsen: "as if from"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Sharon Krebs, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Lied vom Meer", subtitle: "Capri. Piccola Marina", appears in Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil
This text was added to the website: 2018-11-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 59