by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Don Paterson (b. 1963)
Handinneres
Language: German (Deutsch)
Inneres der Hand. Sohle, die nicht mehr geht als auf Gefühl. Die sich nach oben hält im Spiegel himmlische Straßen empfängt, die selber wandelnden. Die gelernt hat, auf Wasser zu gehn, wenn sie schöpft, die auf den Brunnen geht, aller Wege Verwandlerin. Die auftritt in anderen Händen, die ihresgleichen zur Landschaft macht: wandert und ankomt in ihnen, sie anfüllt mit Ankunft.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Handinneres", written 1924, appears in Die Gedichte 1922-1926 [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):
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- Also set in English, a translation by Don Paterson (b. 1963) , written 2006, appears in Landing Light: Poems, copyright © ; composed by Emma-Ruth Richards.
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Palm
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Nowadays, this footsole treads on nothing [ ... ]
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Don Paterson, Landing Light: Poems, Graywolf Press, 2006
Text Authorship:
- by Don Paterson (b. 1963), written 2006, appears in Landing Light: Poems, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Handinneres", written 1924, appears in Die Gedichte 1922-1926
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Emma-Ruth Richards (b. 1985), "Palm", 2019, first performed 2020 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from The Sail of a Flame, no. 3, CE Composers Edition [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2023-10-08
Line count: 11
Word count: 86