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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Im alten Hause
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im alten Hause; vor mir frei
seh ich ganz Prag in weiter Runde;
tief unten geht die Dämmerstunde
mit lautlos leisem Schritt vorbei.

Die Stadt verschwimmt wie hinter Glas.
Nur hoch, wie ein behelmter Hüne,
ragt klar vor mir die grünspangrüne
Turmkuppel von Sankt Nikolas.

Schon blinzelt da und dort ein Licht
fern auf im schwülen Stadtgebrause. –
Mir ist, daß in dem alten Hause
jetzt eine Stimme ›Amen‹ spricht.

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Sämtliche Werke, Band I, S. 9, Frankfurt am Main : Insel-Verlag, 1955


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Im alten Hause", appears in Erste Gedichte, in Larenopfer [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 Heinrich Simbriger (1903 - 1976), "Im alten Hause", op. 134 no. 3 (1975) [ voice and piano ], from Aus Böhmen. Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke aus dem Laren-Opfer, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 70

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