Gott oder Göttin des Katzenschlafs, kostende Gottheit, die in dem dunkeln Mund reife Augen-Beeren zerdrückt, süßgeworden Schauns Traubensaft, ewiges Licht in der Krypta des Gaumens, Schlaf-Lied nicht,-- Gong! Gong! Was die anderen Götter beschwört entläßt diesen verlisteten Gott an seine einwärts fallende Macht.
Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, New York : Vintage, 1989
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Idol" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943) , "Idol", copyright © ; composed by Oliver Knussen, CBE.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, New York : Vintage, 1989
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), "Idol", copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Idol"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Oliver Knussen, CBE (1952 - 2018), "Idol", op. 23 no. 2 (1988), published 1989, first performed 1989 [ soprano ], from Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke , no. 2, London : Faber music [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-26
Line count: 9
Word count: 55