by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943)
Wartet..., das schmeckt ... Schon ists...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wartet..., das schmeckt ... Schon ists auf der Flucht. [... Wenig Musik nur, ein Stampfen, ein Summen —:]1 Mädchen, ihr warmen, Mädchen, ihr stummen, tanzt den Geschmack der erfahrenen Frucht! Tanzt die Orange. Wer kann sie vergessen, wie sie, ertrinkend in sich, sich wehrt wider ihr Süsssein. Ihr habt sie besessen. Sie hat sich köstlich zu euch bekehrt. Tanzt die Orange. Die wärmere Landschaft, werft sie aus euch, dass die reife erstrahle in Lüften der Heimat! Erglühte, enthüllt Düfte um Düfte! Schafft die Verwandtschaft mit der reinen, sich weigernden Schale, mit dem Saft, der die glückliche füllt!
H. Birtwistle sets line 2
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Sonette an Orpheus, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1923
1 Birtwistle: "Wenig Musik nur."Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 15 [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 Harrison Birtwistle, Sir (1934 - 2022), "Elegy 9, Sonnet I, 15", 2003-04, line 2 [ oboe, harp and countertenor ], from Orpheus elegies, no. 22, Boosey & Hawkes [sung text checked 1 time]
- by William Hawley (b. 1950), "Wartet, das schmeckt" [ mixed chorus ], from Drei Momente, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Iranyi (b. 1946), "Wartet..., das schmeckt ... Schon ists auf der Flucht", 2003-2016 [ mixed chorus ], from Drei Phantasien nach R. M. Rilke, no. 1, from Zwei Sonette an Orpheus, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Jentsch (1900 - 1979), "Tanzt die Orange", op. 31 no. 2, copyright © 1955 [ chorus ], from Madrigalen aus den Sonetten an Orpheus von R.M. Rilke, no. 2, Hamburg : Sikorski [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943) , copyright © ; composed by Richard Danielpour, Eric Moe.
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This text was added to the website: 2023-07-20
Line count: 14
Word count: 96
Wait..., that tastes good.... But...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Wait..., that tastes good.... But already it's gone [ ... ]
About the headline (FAQ)
This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 15
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Danielpour (b. 1956), "Dance the Orange", subtitle: "Sonnet XV", 1994, published 1995 [ baritone and chamber orchestra ], from Sonnets to Orpheus (Book I), no. 2, Associated Music Publishers [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eric Moe (b. 1954), "Wait..., that tastes good.... But already it's gone", 1997 [ soprano, oboe, string quartet and piano ], from Sonnets to Orpheus, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 108