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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Die Treppe der Orangerie
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Chosen for Diff
Wie Könige die schließlich nur noch schreiten
fast ohne Ziel, nur um von Zeit zu Zeit
sich den Verneigenden auf beiden Seiten
zu zeigen in des Mantels Einsamkeit -:
so steigt, allein zwischen den Balustraden,
die sich verneigen schon seit Anbeginn,
die Treppe: langsam und von Gottes Gnaden.
und auf den Himmel zu und nirgends hin;
als ob sie allen Folgenden befahl
zurückzubleiben, --so daß sie nicht wagen
von ferne nachzugehen; nicht einmal
die schwere Schleppe durfte einer tragen.

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Neue Gedichte, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1907, p.68


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Die Treppe der Orangerie", subtitle: "Versailles", written 1906, 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 Joachim Gies , "Die Treppe der Orangerie" [ voice and saxophone ], from In Spiegelbildern, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Peter Radt (1899 - ?), "Die Treppe der Orangerie", published 1954 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, no. 5, Wilhelmshaven : Heinrichhofen [sung text not yet checked]

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