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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

die Unterlage...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich lerne sehen
Ja, ich fange an
habe ich es schon gesagt?

Other people change their face incredibly fast
put one on aft'another and wear,
wear them out

Es scheint ihnen zuerst, sie hätten für immer,
aber sie sind kaum vierzig; da ist schon das letzte. 
Das hat natürlich seine Tragik. 

They are not acustomed to taking care of faces

ihr letztes ist in acht Tagen durch, hat Löcher, 
ist an vielen Stellen dünn wie Papier, und da kommt dann nach 
und nach die Unterlage heraus, das Nichtgesicht, ...

This text is a compilation of the first part of Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), appears in Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge [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 Joseph Butch Rovan , "die Unterlage..." [ voice ], from Vis-à-vis, no. 3, note: performance also includes real-time electronics and interactive video [sung text checked 1 time]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-08-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 88

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