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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Du bist die Zukunft, großes Morgenrot
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du bist die Zukunft, großes Morgenrot
Über den Ebenen der Ewigkeit.
Du bist der Hahnschrei nach der Nacht der Zeit,
der Tau, die Morgenmette und die Maid,
der fremde Mann, die Mutter und der Tod.

Du bist die sich verwandelnde Gestalt,
die immer einsam aus dem Schicksal ragt,
die unbejubelt bleibt und unbeklagt
und unbeschrieben wie ein wilder Wald.

Du bist der Dinge tiefer Inbegriff,
der seines Wesens letztes Wort verschweigt
und sich den Andern immer anders zeigt:
dem Schiff als Küste und dem Land als Schiff.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Du bist die Zukunft, großes Morgenrot", appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 2. Das Buch von der Pilgerschaft, no. 22, first published 1901 [author's text not yet checked 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 Heinrich Joseph Hartl (b. 1953), "Du bist die Zukunft großes Morgenrot", op. 12 no. 3 (2004) [ mixed chorus ], from Drei Gedichte aus dem Stundenbuch, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Edward Staempfli (1908 - 2002), "Du bist die Zukunft" [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Piet Swerts (b. 1960), "Symphony no. 2", subtitle: "Morgenrot", 1999-2000 [ soprano, chorus and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958), "Du bist die Zukunft", 2005 [ medium voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Inger Wikström (b. 1939), "Du bist die Zukunft", op. 12 (Drei Rilke-Lieder) no. 1 (1983), first performed 1983 [ soprano and piano ], Svensk Musik [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: David Evan Thomas

This text was added to the website: 2006-06-14
Line count: 13
Word count: 87

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