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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Oh, dass wir so endlos werden mussten!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Oh, dass wir so endlos werden mussten!
Immer noch Entfalten um Entfalten,
und wir haben unsrer Kälte Krusten
lange, lange für den Grund gehalten.

Und ob wir uns aneinander binden
und in Furcht uns immer fester fassen
und uns langsam, wie von Brunnenwinde,
weiter in uns selber gleiten lassen:

keine kann mit ihren blassen, blinden
Händen tastend unsre Tiefen finden.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die frühen Gedichte, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1913, p.69


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1898, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier, in Gebete der Mädchen zu Maria, no. 11 [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 Lukas Haselböck , "Oh, daß wir so endlos werden mußten", 1996 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-07
Line count: 10
Word count: 60

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