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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Wer bist du, Unbegreiflicher: du Geist
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wer bist du, Unbegreiflicher: du Geist,
wie weißt du mich von wo und wann zu finden,
der du das Innere ( wie Erblinden )
so innig machst, daß es sich schließt und kreist.
Der Liebende, der eine an sich reißt,
hat sie nicht nah; nur du allein bist Nähe.
Wen hast du nicht durchtränkt als ob du jähe
die Farbe seiner Augen seist.

Ach wer Musik in einem Spiegel sähe,
der sähe dich und wüßte, wie du heißt.

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Gesammelte Werke (Gedichte), Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH, 2020


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Der Duft", appears in Die Gedichte 1906 bis 1910 [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 Carl Rütti (b. 1949), "An den Geist", 2000/2003 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Rütti (b. 1949), "Wer bist Du", 2000 [ soprano, mixed chorus, 3 trumpets, harp, percussion and strings ], from oratorio Till Earthly Passions Turn, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Rütti (b. 1949), "Wer bist Du", 2000 [ soprano, voices, mixed chorus, 3 trumpets,harp, percussion and strings ], from Till Earthly Passions Turn, no. 4, Selbstverlag [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-21
Line count: 10
Word count: 78

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