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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Atmen, du unsichtbares Gedicht
 (Sung text for setting by P. Lieberson)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Atmen, du unsichtbares Gedicht!
Immerfort um das eigne
Sein rein eingetauschter Weltraum. 
  Gegengewicht,
in dem ich mich rhythmisch ereigne.
 
Einzige Welle, deren
allmähliches Meer ich bin ;
sparsamstes du von allen möglichen 
  Meeren, --
Raumgewinn.
 
Wieviele von diesen Stellen der
  Räume waren schon
innen in mir. Manche Winde
sind wie mein Sohn.
 
Erkennst du mich, Luft, du, voll noch 
  einst meiniger Orte ?
Du, einmal glatte Rinde,
Rundung und Blatt meiner Worte.

Composition:

    Set to music by Peter Lieberson (1946 - 2011), "Atmen, du unsichtbares Gedicht" [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Five Rilke Songs, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 1

See other settings of this text.

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Respire, poème invisible !", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-01
Line count: 18
Word count: 73

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