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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Von diesen Kreuzen keins
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Von diesen Kreuzen keins
nicht Engelein, hölzern und zinnern,
dürfen an dich erinnern
als kleines Ein-mal-eins

des Tods, den du selber dir deutest :
sondern, es liege der Ball,
en du, zu werfen, dich freutest,
- einfacher Niederfall -

in einem goldenen Netz
über der tieferen Trube.
Sein Bogen und, nun, seine Ruhe 
befolgen dasselbe Gesetz.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Ruth Hermann, Im Zwischenraum zwischen Welt und Spielzeug: eine Poetik der Kindheit bei Rilke, Königshausen & Neumann, 2002, p.138


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Im Kirchhof zu Ragaz Niedergeschriebenes, no. 1 [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 Thorsten Kuhn (b. 1967), "Von diesen Kreuzen keins", from das hat uns gehört. Nach Gedichten von Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-12-23
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