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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

In solchen Nächten wissen die...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
In solchen Nächten wissen die Unheilbaren:
wir waren...
Und sie denken unter den Kranken
einen einfachen guten Gedanken
weiter, dort, wo er abbrach.
Doch von den Söhnen, die sie gelassen,
geht der Jüngste vielleicht in den einsamsten Gassen;
denn gerade diese Nächte
sind ihm als ob er zum ersten Mal dächte:
lange lag es über ihm bleiern,
aber jetzt wird sich alles entschleiern -,
und: daß er das feiern wird,
  fühlt er...

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Das Buch der Bilder von Rainer Maria Rilke, Leipzig, Iminsel-Verlag, 1920, page 162.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Das Buch der Bilder, in Aus einer Sturmnacht: Acht Blätter mit einem Titelblatt, no. 5 [author's text checked 2 times 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 George van Dam , "In solchen Nächten wissen die Unheilbaren", 1994 [ countertenor and violin ], from Rilke Songs, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Richter-Herf (1920 - 1989), "In solchen Nächten wissen die Unheilbaren", op. 1 no. 5 (1971) [ soli, chorus and orchestra ], from Aus einer Sturmnacht, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Edward Staempfli (1908 - 2002), "In solchen Nächten wissen die Unheilbaren", op. 10 no. 6 [ tenor and piano ], from Aus einer Sturmnacht: 9 Lieder, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-04
Line count: 13
Word count: 72

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