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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Für die wir uns die Träume gaben
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Für die wir uns die Träume gaben
war eine Nacht so sanft und lind,
drin alle Brunnen Feen haben
und auch die träumerischen Knaben
vergessen Schätze zu ergraben
weil alle Dinge kostbar sind

Da hörte ich dich noch von ferne
und deine liebliche Stimme schien
als wohntest du im ersten Sterne

Ich stand in meiner Taltaverne
und suchte ihn.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Dir 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 Manfred Trojahn (b. 1949), "Für die wir uns die Träume gaben", 2011 [ high voice and piano ], from Dir zu Feier II, no. 3, Bärenreiter-Verlag [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-11-02
Line count: 11
Word count: 59

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