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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Als ob er horchte. Stille: eine Ferne
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Als ob er horchte. Stille: eine Ferne...
Wir halten ein und hören sie nicht mehr.
Und er ist Stern. Und andre große Sterne,
die wir nicht sehen, stehen um ihn her.

O er ist Alles. Wirklich, warten wir,
daß er uns sähe? Sollte er bedürfen?
Und wenn wir hier uns vor ihm niederwürfen,
er bliebe tief und träge wie ein Tier.

Denn das, was uns zu seinen Füßen reißt,
das kreist in ihm seit Millionen Jahren.
Er, der vergißt, was wir erfahren
und der erfährt, was uns verweist.

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Neue Gedichte, Project Gutenberg, 2022


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Buddha", appears in Neue Gedichte [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 Glenda Keam (b. 1960), "Buddha", first performed 2013 [ women's chorus and harp ], from Uncertainty/Eternity, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jörg Ernst Weigand (b. 1940), "Als ob er horchte", published 2023 [ voice and piano ], from Traumtage, p.machinery [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Buddha" ; composed by David Clark Little.
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-08-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 88

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