by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Mein scheuer Mondschatten spräche gern
Language: German (Deutsch)
Mein scheuer Mondschatten spräche gern mit meinem Sonnenschatten von fern in der Sprache der Toren; mitten drin ich, ein beschienener Sphinx, Stille stiftend, nach rechts und links hab ich die beiden geboren.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Uncollected Poems: Bilingual Edition von Rainer Maria Rilke, New York : North Point Press/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996, p.148
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title [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 Alex Nohai-Seaman , "Mein scheuer Mondschatten", 2004 [ soprano, flute, violin, violoncello, guitar, and piano ], from Rilke Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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