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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Die Rose hier, die gelbe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Chosen for Diff
Die Rose hier, die gelbe,
gab gestern mir der Knab,
heut trag ich sie, dieselbe,
hin auf sein frisches Grab.

An ihren Blättern lehnen
noch lichte Tröpfchen, — schau!
Nur heute sind es Tränen, —
und gestern war es Tau....

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Confirmed with Erste Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke, Leipzig, Im Insel-Verlag, 1913.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Traumgekrönt, in Träumen, no. 5 [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 Hans Altmann (1904 - 1961), "Die Rose hier, die gelbe", op. 38 no. 3 (1950) [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernst Fuchs-Schönbach (1894 - 1975), "Die Rose hier", op. 59 (Sieben Lieder) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Füglistaller , "Die Rose hier, die gelbe", op. 24 (Sieben Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke) no. 3, published 1936 [ voice and piano ], Köln : Tischer & Jagenberg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Rose", op. 56 no. 23 [ voice and piano ], from 27 Lieder zu Gedichte von R. M. Rilke, no. 23, note: this could be the wrong text for this title [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Horst Meyer-Selb (1933 - 2004), "Die Rose" [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Medaillon, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-08-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

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