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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Ich weiß nicht, wie mir geschieht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich weiß nicht, wie mir geschieht ...
Weiß nicht, was Wonne ich lausche,
mein Herz ist fort wie im Rausche,
und die Sehnsucht ist wie ein Lied.

Und mein Mädel hat fröhliches Blut
und hat das Haar voller Sonne
und die Augen von der Madonne,
die heute noch Wunder tut.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Erste Gedichte, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1913


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Traumgekrönt, in Lieben, no. 4 [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 Willy Kehrer (1902 - 1976), "Ich weiß nicht, wie mir geschieht", 1922, first performed 1938 [ soprano and mezzo-soprano (ad libitum) and piano ], from Eine Rainer-Maria-Rilke-Stunde, no. 6, Thüringen : Willy-Kehrer-Archiv Schmölln [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Ich weiss nicht", op. 56 no. 19 [ voice and piano ], from 27 Lieder zu Gedichte von R. M. Rilke, no. 19 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Möckl (1925 - 2014), "Ich weiß nicht, wie mir geschieht", MWV292 no. 5 [ high voice and piano ], from Von erster Liebe, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philipp Mohler (1908 - 1982), "Ich weiß nicht, wie mir geschieht", op. 2 no. 3 (1932) [ high voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adrian Pop (b. 1951), "Mein Mädel" [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Liebeslieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Josef Riese (b. 1894), "Ich weiß nicht wie mir geschieht", published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Lieben, no. 4, Wien : Vienna-Edition, Rudolf Jamnig [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-08-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 49

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