Senke dich, du langsames Serale, das aus feierlichen Fernen fließt. Ich empfange dich, ich bin die Schale, die dich faßt und hält und nichts vergießt. Stille dich und werde in mir klar, weite, leise, aufgelöste Stunde. Was gebildet ist auf meinem Grunde, laß es sehn. Ich weiß nicht, was es war.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die frühen Gedichte, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1922, p.96
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Vincenzo Errante (1890 - 1951) , "Invito alla sera" ; composed by Luigi Cortese, Renzo Rossellini.
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-09-25
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Word count: 51
Vèrsati in me, Sera che lenta scorri da maestose lontananze arcane ! Ti accoglierò. La schiusa conca io sono che ti prende, ti tiene, e non trabocca. Plàcati in me, in me diventa luce, vasta silente vaporosa Sera ! Ciò che nel fondo mi si addensa e posa , traspaia, ignoto, in quella luce : e sia !
Confirmed with Vincenzo Errante, Opere di Rainer Maria Rilke; I quaderni di Malte Laurids Brigge, Milano : Edizioni Alpes, 1929, p.74
Text Authorship:
- by Vincenzo Errante (1890 - 1951), "Invito alla sera" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Luigi Cortese (1899 - 1976), "Invito alla sera", op. 19 no. 4, published 1942 [ voice and piano ], from Cinque Momenti Musicali, no. 4, Milano : Edizioni Suvini-Zerboni [sung text not yet checked]
- by Renzo Rossellini (1908 - 1982), "Invito alla sera", 1942 [ voice and piano ], from Canti di Rilke, no. 2, Milano : Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-09-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 54