Das ist die Sehnsucht: wohnen im Gewoge und keine Heimat haben in der Zeit. Und das sind Wünsche: leise Dialoge täglicher Stunden mit der Ewigkeit. Und das ist Leben. Bis aus einem Gestern die einsamste Stunde steigt, die, anders lächelnd als die andern Schwestern, dem Ewigen entgegenschweigt.
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- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Motto", appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier [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 Ronald Joachim Autenrieth (b. 1959), "Das ist die Sehnsucht", published 2007 [ SATB chorus ], from Fünf Chöre nach Worten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Bornschein (1883 - 1945), "Das ist die Sehnsucht", 1926 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Gesänge nach Gedichten von R. M. Rilke, no. 1, Mainz : Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse (1881 - 1944), "Das ist die Sehnsucht: wohnen im Gewoge", 1928-1929, published c1935 [ tenor, soprano, chorus and orchestra ], from cantata Der Kreis des Lebens, no. 1, Amsterdam : Alsbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Rudolf) Walther Hirschberg (1889 - 1960), "Stunden des Lebens", op. 43 no. 2 (1937) [ medium voice and piano ], from Buch der Bilder; Zwölf Lieder, no. 2, Berlin : Verlag der Signale für die musikalische Welt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Das ist die Sehnsucht", op. 45 no. 1 (1943) [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder; aus den ''Frühen Gedichten", no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Friedrich Micheelsen (1902 - 1973), "Das ist die Sehnsucht", published 1934 [ voice and organ ], from Gesänge von der Vergänglichkeit und von der Ewigkeit, no. 2, In: Lobeda – Orgel-Singbuch für Männerchor, Band II [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tristan Schulze , "Motto" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Howard Eiland (b. 1948) , copyright © and by Kevin McLaughlin (b. 1959) , copyright © ; composed by Philip Miller, Thuthuka Sibisi.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Maurice Betz (1898 - 1946) ; composed by Raymond Loucheur.
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This text was added to the website: 2007-02-25
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Word count: 47
That is the longing: to dwell amidst the waves [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Rainer Maria Rilke, epigraph to Die fruhen Gedichte cited in Walter Benjamin, The Arcades Project, trans. Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin (Cambridge, Mass. and London: Belknap Press, 1999) p. 551
Text Authorship:
- by Howard Eiland (b. 1948), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Kevin McLaughlin (b. 1959), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Motto", appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Philip Miller (b. 1964) and by Thuthuka Sibisi , "That is the longing: to dwell amidst the waves", 2017, from Triumphs and Laments [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Maurice Betz (1898 - 1946) ; composed by Raymond Loucheur.
This text was added to the website: 2024-02-28
Line count: 2
Word count: 15