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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Rufe mich zu jener deiner Stunden
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Rufe mich zu jener deiner Stunden,
die dir unaufhörlich widersteht:
flehend nah wie das Gesicht von Hunden,
aber immer wieder weggedreht,
 
wenn du meinst, sie endlich zu erfassen.
So Entzognes ist am meisten dein.
Wir sind frei. Wir wurden dort entlassen,
wo wir meinten, erst begrüszt zu sein.
 
Bang verlangen wir nach einem Halte,
wir zu Jungen manchmal für das Alte
und zu alt für das, was niemals war.

Wir, gerecht nur, wo wir dennoch preisen,
weil wir, ach, der Ast sind und das Eisen
und das Süsze reifender Gefahr.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Pierre van Valkenhoff, Over Rainer Maria Rilke In: Dietsche Warande en Belfort, Jaargang 1941(1941), Warande en Belfort–rechtenstatus, p.408


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 23 [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 Paul Brantley , "Rufe mich" [ voice and piano ], from Rilke Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-08-08
Line count: 14
Word count: 90

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