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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Die armen Worte, die im Alltag darben
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die armen Worte, die im Alltag darben,
die unscheinbaren Worte, lieb ich so.
Aus meinen Festen schenk ich ihnen Farben,
da lächeln sie und werden langsam froh.

Ihr Wesen, das sie bang in sich bezwangen,
erneut sich deutlich, dass es jeder sieht;
sie sind noch niemals im Gesang gegangen
und schauernd schreiten sie in meinem Lied.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Gedichte, Insel-verlag, 1927, p.260


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Frühe Gedichte [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 Mara Bach , "Mir zur Feier", 2019 [ band ], from Mir zur Feier, no. 1, Performed by metal band Mir zur Feier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Gebhard (1897 - 1947), "Die armen Worte, die im Alltag darben", op. 5 no. 4 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Gesänge aus Mir zur Feier, no. 4, Berlin : Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix Ming (1900 - 1980), "Die armen Worte", 1946, published 2015 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder nach Texten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 6, Niedernhausen : Edition Kemel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "Die armen Worte die im Alltag darben", 1939 [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder: 20 poems from Frühe Gedichte (Rainer Maria Rilke), no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Walter Willig (b. 1935), "Die armen Worte" [ baritone and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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