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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Die Nacht holt heimlich durch des...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Nacht holt heimlich durch des Vorhangs Falten
Aus Deinem Haar vergessnen Sonnenschein.
Schau, ich will nichts, als Deine Hände halten
Und still und gut und voller Frieden sein.

Da wächst die Seele mir, bis sie in Scherben
Den Alltag sprengt. Sie wird so wunderweit:
An ihren morgenroten Molen sterben
Die ersten Wellen der Unendlichkeit.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Advent, Leipzig : P. Friesenhahn, 1898, p.55


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Die Nacht holt heimlich durch des Vorhangs Falten", appears in Advent, in Funde, no. 8 [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 Johannes Bammer (1888 - 1988), "Die Nacht holt heimlich", 1937 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge, no. 5, Leipzig : Gebr. Hug & Co [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Will Eisenmann (1906 - 1992), "Die Nacht", op. 39 no. 5 (1945) [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge im Zwielicht, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Siegfried Fournes (1896 - 1932), "Die Nacht holt heimlich durch des Vorhangs Falten", copyright © 1978 [ voice and piano ], from Gesamtausgabe der Lieder von Siegfried Fournes, no. 13, Steinkirchen : G. Fournes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Siegfried Matthus (1934 - 2021), "Die Nacht holt heimlich ...", published 1995 [ voice and orchestra ], from Wiesen von Liebe, Leben und Tod, no. 7, Breitkopf & Härtl  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jörg Ernst Weigand (b. 1940), "Die Nacht", published 2023 [ voice and piano ], from Traumtage, p.machinery [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-08-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 55

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