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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Hebend die Blicke vom Buch
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Hebend die Blicke vom Buch, von den nahen zählbaren Zeilen,
in die vollendete Nacht hinaus:
o wie sich sternegemäß die gedrängten Gefühle verteilen,
so als bände man auf,
einen Bauernstrauß:

Jugend der leichten und neigendes Schwanken der schweren
und der zärtlichen zögernder Bug -.
Überall Lust zu Bezug und nirgends Begehren;
Welt zu viel und Erde genug.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Hebend die Blicke vom Buch", written 1914, appears in Gedichte an die Nacht [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 Roland Voortman (b. 1953), "Hebend die Blicke vom Buch", 1985 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Je lève les yeux du livre", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-23
Line count: 9
Word count: 57

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