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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Unsere Träume sind Marmorhermen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Unsere Träume sind Marmorhermen,
die wir in unsere Tempel stellen ,
und sie mit unseren Kränzen erhellen
und sie mit unseren Wünschen erwärmen.

Unsere Worte sind goldene Büsten,
die wir in unsere Tage tragen,
die lebendigen Götter ragen
in der Kühle anderer Küsten.

Wir sind immer in Einem Ermatten,
ob wir rüstig sind oder ruhn,
aber wir haben strahlende Schatten,
welche die ewigen Gesten tun.

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Confirmed with Sämtliche Werke Band 1, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1926, p.191


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1897, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier, in Gebete der Mädchen zu Maria [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 Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse (1881 - 1944), "Unsere Träume sind Marmorhermen", 1928-1929, published c1935 [ tenor, soprano, chorus and orchestra ], from cantata Der Kreis des Lebens, no. 2, Amsterdam : Alsbach [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-08-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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