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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Dame auf einem Balkon
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Plötzlich tritt sie, in den Wind gehüllt,
licht in Lichtes, wie herausgegriffen,
während jetzt die Stube wie geschliffen
hinter ihr die Türe füllt

dunkel wie der Grund einer Kamee,
die ein Schimmern durchlässt durch die Ränder;
und du meinst der Abend war nicht, ehe
sie heraustrat, um auf das Geländer

noch ein wenig von sich fortzulegen,
noch die Hände, -- um ganz leicht zu sein:
wie dem Himmel von den Häuserreihn
hingereicht, von allem zu bewegen.

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Neue Gedichte, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1907, p.87


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Dame auf einem Balkon", appears in Neue Gedichte [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 John Rodby (b. 1944), "Dame auf einem Balkon" [ voice and orchestra ], from Rilkegesangen, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Beth Wiemann (b. 1959), "Dame auf einem Balkon", 2019, published 2020 [ baritone and piano ], from Six songs on Rilke, no. 5, New York, NY : American Composers Alliance, Inc. [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890 - 1967) , copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by Libby Larsen.
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