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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Taube, die draußen blieb, außer dem...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Taube, die draußen blieb, außer dem Taubenschlag,
wieder in Kreis und Haus, einig der Nacht, dem Tag,
weiß sie die Heimlichkeit, wenn sich der Einbezug
fremdester Schrecken schmiegt in den gefühlten Flug.

Unter den Tauben, die allergeschonteste,
niemals gefährdeste, kennt nich die Zärtlichkeit;
wiedererholtes Herz ist das bewohnteste:
freier durch Widerruf freut sich die Fähigkeit.

Über dem Nirgendssein spannt sich das Überall!
Ach der geworfene, ach der gewagte Ball,
Füllt er die Hände nicht anders mit Wiederkehr:
rein um sein Heimgewicht ist er mehr.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Grunin •   E. Grunin •   E. Grunin 

E. Grunin sets stanza 1 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
E. Grunin sets stanza 2 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
E. Grunin sets stanza 3 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1926, appears in Die Gedichte 1922-1926 [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 Eric Grunin , "Taube, die draußen blieb, außer dem Taubenschlag", stanza 1 [ mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra ], from cantata Cantata (Rilke), no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Eric Grunin , "Unter den Tauben, die allergeschonteste", stanza 2 [ mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra ], from cantata Cantata (Rilke), no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Eric Grunin , "Über dem Nirgendssein spannt sich das Überall!", stanza 3 [ mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra ], from cantata Cantata (Rilke), no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Patricia Morehead , "Die Taube", copyright © 2012 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix Werder (b. 1922), "Taube, die draußen blieb", from Rilkes Tauben, no. 1, Centraton Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-09-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 84

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