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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Wir sind uns alle schwesterlich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Und singt:
 Wir sind uns alle schwesterlich.
 Aber Abende sind, da wir frieren
 und einander langsam verlieren,
 und eine jede möchte ihren
 Freundinnen flüstern: Jetzt fürchtest du dich..

 Die Mütter sagen uns nicht, wo wir sind,
 und lassen uns ganz allein, -
      wo die Ängste enden und Gott beginnt
      mögen wir vielleicht sein...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Wir sind uns alle schwesterlich", written 1898, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Lieder der Mädchen, no. 18 [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 Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Aber Abende sind, da wir frieren", op. 20, Heft 2 (Rilke Liederzyklus II (Lieder der Mädchen)) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Peter Escher (1915 - 2008), "Wir sind uns alle schwesterlich", subtitle: "Epilog", op. 73 no. 6 (1953), first performed 1954 [ women's chorus ], from Lieder der Mädchen, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-10
Line count: 10
Word count: 52

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