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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Auch du hast es einmal erlebt, ich weiß
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Auch du hast es einmal erlebt, ich weiß :
der Tag ermattete in armen Gassen,
und seine Liebe wurde zweifelnd leis --

dann ist ein Abschiednehmen rings im Kreis :
es schenken sich die müden Mauermassen
die letzten Fensterblicke, hell und heiß,

bis sich die Dinge nicht mehr unterscheiden.
Und halb im Traume hauchen sie sich zu :
Wie wir uns alle heimlich verkleiden,
in graue Seiden
alle uns kleiden, --
wer von uns beiden
bist jetzt du ?

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die frühen Gedichte, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1922, p.100


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier, in Gebete der Mädchen zu Maria [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 Manfred Trojahn (b. 1949), "Auch du hast es einmal erlebt", 2011 [ high voice and piano ], from Dir zu Feier II, no. 8, Bärenreiter-Verlag [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Vincenzo Errante (1890 - 1951) , "La « Buona notte » delle cose", subtitle: "In festa di me stesso, 1899" ; composed by Renzo Rossellini.
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