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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Weisse Seelen mit den Silberschwingen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weisse Seelen mit den Silberschwingen,
Kinderseelen, die noch niemals sangen, -
die nur leis in immer weitern Ringen
zu dem Leben ziehn, vor dem sie bangen,
werdet ihr nicht euren Traum enttäuschen,
wenn die Stimmen draußen euch erwachen, -
und ihr könnt aus tausent Taggeräuschen
nicht mehr lösen euer Liederlachen?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Weisse Seelen mit den Silberschwingen", appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier [author's text not yet checked 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 (Rudolf) Walther Hirschberg (1889 - 1960), "Kinderseelen", op. 43 no. 4 (1937) [ medium voice and piano ], from Buch der Bilder; Zwölf Lieder, no. 4, Berlin : Verlag der Signale für die musikalische Welt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ruth Schonthal (1924 - 2006), "Weisse Seelen", 1941-1946 [ soprano and piano ], from Acht Lieder, no. 1, Southern Music Company [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "Weiße Seelen mit den Silberschwingen", 1939 [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder: 20 poems from Frühe Gedichte (Rainer Maria Rilke), no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Ruth Schonthal) , "White souls", copyright ©


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

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