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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Wenn ich so an deinem Antlitz zehre
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn ich so an deinem Antlitz zehre
wie die Träne an dem Weinenden,
meine Stirne, meinen Mund vermehre
um die Züge, die ich an dir kenn,
[mein ich über jene Ähnlichkeiten
die uns trennen, weil sie doppelt sind
eine reine Gleichung auszubreiten,]
Nun erst, Nachtstunde, bin ich ohne Angst
und darf in aufgeblühtem Schauen stehen,
da du für dein unendliches Geschehen
mein ungenügendes Gesicht verlangst.
Jetzt tritt aus ihm die Ähnlichkeit hervor

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, rainer-maria-rilke.de/100107andeinemantlitz.html


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1913/14, appears in Die Gedichte 1910-1922 [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 Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist (1920 - 2000), "Dein Antlitz", 1984/1989 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Siebenmal Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-11-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 72

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