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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Welche Wiesen duften deine Hände?
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Welche Wiesen duften deine Hände?
Fühlst du wie auf deine Widerstände
stärker sich der Duft von draußen stützt.
Drüber stehn die Sterne schon in Bildern.
Gib mir, Liebe, deinen Mund zu mildern;
ach, dein ganzes Haar ist unbenützt.

Sieh, ich will dich mit dir selbst umgeben
und die welkende Erwartung heben
von dem Rande deiner Augenbraun;
wie mit lauter Liderinnenseiten
will ich dir mit meinen Zärtlichkeiten
alle Stellen schließen, welche schaun.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Gib mir, Liebe", written 1909 [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 Felix Ming (1900 - 1980), "Deine Hände", 1946, published 2015 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder nach Texten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 1, Niedernhausen : Edition Kemel [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-08-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 71

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