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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Land und Volk
Language: German (Deutsch) 
…Gott war guter Laune. Geizen
ist doch wohl nicht seine Art;
und er lächelte: da ward
Böhmen, reich an tausend Reizen.

Wie erstarrtes Licht liegt Weizen
zwischen Bergen, waldbehaart,
und der Baum, den dichtgeschart
Früchte drücken, fordert Spreizen.

Gott gab Hütten; voll von Schafen
Ställe; und der Dirne klafft
vor Gesundheit fast das Mieder.

Gab den Burschen all, den braven,
in die rauhe Faust die Kraft,
in das Herz – die Heimatlieder.

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Sämtliche Werke, Band I, Frankfurt am Main : Insel-Verlag, 1955, p.22


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Land und Volk", appears in Erste Gedichte, in Larenopfer [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 Heinrich Simbriger (1903 - 1976), "Land und Volk", op. 134 no. 6 (1975) [ voice and piano ], from Aus Böhmen. Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke aus dem Laren-Opfer, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 72

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