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Einmal, am Morgen, ist ein Reiter da, und dann ein zweiter, vier, zehn. Ganz in Eisen, groß. Dann tausend dahinter: Das Heer. Man muß sich trennen. "Kehrt glücklich heim, Herr Marquis. --" "Die Maria schützt Euch, Herr Junker." Und sie können nicht voneinander. Sie sind Freunde auf einmal, Brüder. Haben einander mehr zu vertrauen; denn sie wissen schon so viel Einer vom Andern. Sie zögern. Und ist Hast und Hufschlag um sie. Da streift der Marquis den großen rechten Handschuh ab. Er holt die kleine Rose hervor, nimmt ihr ein Blatt. Als ob man eine Hostie bricht. "Das wird Euch beschirmen. Lebt wohl." Der von Langenau staunt. Lange schaut er dem Franzosen nach. Dann schiebt er das fremde Blatt unter den Waffenrock. Und es treibt auf und ab auf den Wellen seines Herzens. Hornruf. Er reitet zum Heer, der Junker. Er lächelt traurig: ihn schützt eine fremde Frau.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Werke. Kommentiere Ausgabe in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel, Ulrich Fülleborn, Horst Nalewski, August Stahl, Band I Gedichte 1895 bis 1910, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel und Ulrich Fülleborn, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1996, page 144.
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 8, first published 1906 [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 Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "Einmal, am Morgen, ist ein Reiter da", 1918/1919, from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Kornetts Christoph Rilke, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Das Heer", 1942 [ alto and chamber orchestra ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Casimir von Pászthory (1886 - 1966), "Einmal, am Morgen, ist ein Reiter da", 1914, first performed 1914 [ reciter and piano ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 9, Leipzig: Fr. Kistner & C.F.W. Siegel, 1919 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "The army", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'armée", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 148
One day, in the morning, a rider is there, and then a second, four, ten. Wholly clad in iron, tall. Then one thousand behind them: The army. One must part. "Have a happy return home, Marquis." "May Mary protect you, Squire." And they cannot leave each other. They are suddenly friends, brothers. They have more to confide in each other; because they already know so much of each other. They hesitate. Around them there is tumult and hooves beating. The Marquis pulls off his large right glove. He takes out the small rose, and removes one petal. As if he were breaking the host. "This will protect you. Good bye." Von Langenau is astonished. His eyes follow the Frenchman for a long while. Then he places the foreign petal under his coat. And it drifts up and down on the waves of his heart. The trumpet calls. He rides to the army, the squire. He smiles sadly: he is protected by an unknown woman.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 8, first published 1906
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 164