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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani
Jetzt wird mein Elend voll, und namenlos
Language: German (Deutsch)
Jetzt wird mein Elend voll, und namenlos erfüllt es mich. Ich starre wie des Steins Inneres starrt. Hart wie ich bin, weiß ich nur Eins: Du wurdest groß -- . . . . . . und wurdest groß, um als zu großer Schmerz ganz über meines Herzens Fassung hinauszustehn. Jetzt liegst du quer durch meinen [Schooß, jetzt kann]1 ich dich nicht mehr gebären.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Gedichte, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1997, page 621.
1 Burghardt: "Schoß. / Jetzt kann"Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Pietà", appears in Das Marien-Leben, no. 11, first published 1912 [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 Alexander Albrecht (1885 - 1958), "Pietà" [ soprano, chorus, orchestra ], from Drei Gedichte aus dem Marienleben von R.M. Rilke, no. 2, Eirich Theaterverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "Pietà", 1950-65 [ soprano and piano ], from Das Marienleben, no. 5, Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans-Georg Burghardt (1909 - 1993), "Pietà", op. 35 no. 3 (1937) [ voice and piano ], Breslau : Littmann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Serge Benoist de Gastyne (1930 - 1992), "Pieta" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Glaus (b. 1957), "Pietà I", 1992 [ alto and chorus ], from De Angelis IV: Motetten und Gesänge zu Karfreitag, no. 1, Müller & Schade AG [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Pietà", op. 27 no. 11 (1922-3), rev. 1948, from Das Marienleben, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg (1867 - 1944), "Pietà", 1926 [ alto, 2 violins, viola, violoncello and double bass ], from 6 Gesänge aus dem Marienleben von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leo Langer (b. 1952), "Pietà", 2013 [ mixed chorus ], Carus Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Lubrich, Jr. (1888 - 1971), "Pietà", op. 66 no. 2 (1900-1932) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Svyatoslav Lunyov (b. 1964), "Pietà", 2013 [ soprano, saxophone, piano, violin, and cello ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "Pietà", op. 55 no. 3 (1971) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Kurt Rapf (1922 - 2007), "Pietà", copyright © 1988 [ soprano and organ ], from Fünf Lieder aus dem Marienleben, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Rütti (b. 1949), "Pietà", 1991 [ mezzo-soprano, harp and piano ], from Das Marien-Leben, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Sleeper (1956 - 2022), "Pietà", 1986 [ voice and violin ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josep Soler i Sardà (1935 - 2022), "Pietà", 1980/2009 [ soprano, violoncello and piano ], from Mater dolorosa, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josep Soler i Sardà (1935 - 2022), "Pietà", 1959 [ soprano and piano or instrumental ensemble ], from Das Marienleben, no. 4, revised 1979 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josep Soler i Sardà (1935 - 2022), "Pietà", 1961 [ mixed chorus ], from Dos Motetes, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by József Soproni (b. 1930), "Pietà" [ soprano and piano ], from Nyolc dal R. M. Rilke verseire = Eight Songs to Poems by R. M. Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Latin, a translation by J. Jenal ; composed by Carl Rütti.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Pieta", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Pietà", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63
Pietà
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)
Ora la mia sventura è colma e, inesprimibile, mi riempie tutta. Divento dura come è duro il cuore di una pietra. E, dura come sono, so solamente una cosa: Tu sei cresciuto -- ... e sei cresciuto ancora, come un dolore più grande che, oltre i confini del cuore, mi straripa. Ora tu mi giaci di traverso sul grembo, e io non posso più darti la vita.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2009 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Pietà", appears in Das Marien-Leben, no. 11, first published 1912
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 65