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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Gedanken der Nacht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Gedanken der Nacht, aus geahnter Erfahrung gehoben,
die schon das fragende Kind mit Schweigen durchdrang,
langsam denk ich euch auf-, und oben, oben in
nimmt euch der starke Beweis sanft in Empfang.
 
Daß ihr seid, ist bejaht; daß hier, im gedrängten Behälter,
Nacht, zu den Nächten hinzu, sich heimlich erzeugt.
Plötzlich: mit welchem Gefühl, steht die unendliche, älter,
über die Schwester in mir, die ich berge, gebeugt. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Gedanken der Nacht", appears in Letzte Gedichte, in Aus den Gedichten an die Nacht, no. 2 [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 Joep Willem Frederik Straesser (1934 - 2004), "Gedanken der Nacht", 1992, from Gedanken der Nacht, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jaime del Val (b. 1974), "Gedanken der Nacht" [ voice and piano ], from Am Rande der Nacht (10 Nachtfragmente), no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 67

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