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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Was unser Geist der Wirrnis abgewinnt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Was unser Geist der Wirrnis abgewinnt,
kommt irgendwann Lebendigem zugute;
wenn es auch manchmal nur Gedanken sind,
sie lösen sich in jenem großen Blute,
das weiterrinnt ...

Und ists Gefühl: wer weiß, wie weit es reicht
und was es in dem reinen Raum ergiebt,
in dem ein kleines Mehr von schwer und leicht
Welten bewegt und einen Stern verschiebt.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, 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):

  • by Holmer Becker (b. 1955), "Für Fräulein Marga Wertheimer", published 2002 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Martin Dörnberg (1920 - 2013), "Was unser Geist", 1999/2000 [ 4 male voices ], from Rainer Maria Rilke-Zyklus , no. 5, Selbstverlag 2000 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Matthias Drude (b. 1960), "Was unser Geist der Wirrnis abgewinnt", 1981/82 [ medium voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 2, Manuskript [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-02
Line count: 9
Word count: 58

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