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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Du darfst nicht warten, bis Gott zu dir...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du darfst nicht warten, bis Gott zu dir geht
und sagt: Ich bin.
      Ein Gott, der seine Stärke eingesteht,
hat keinen Sinn.
      Da musst du wissen, dass dich Gott durchweht
seit Anbeginn,
      und wenn dein Herz dir glüht und nichts verrät,
dann schafft er drin.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1898, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier, in Gebete der Mädchen zu Maria [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 Birgitta Lutz , "Du darfst nicht warten, bis Gott zu dir geht", published 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Vertonungen nach Gedichten von R.M. Rilke, no. 8, Verlag Joachim Schmitz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolf Oertzen (1910 - 1990), "Du darfst nicht warten, bis Gott zu dir geht", op. 6 no. 2, copyright © 1959 [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 2, Hamburg : Hüllenhagen & Griehl [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jakob Vinje (b. 1968), "Glaube" [ narrator, children's chorus, orchestra ], from oratorio Rungholt, no. 13, MSE Musikverlag & Musikproduktion [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Vincenzo Errante (1890 - 1951) ; composed by Luigi Cortese.
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