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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Betrachte sie und sieh, was ihnen gliche
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Betrachte sie und sieh, was ihnen gliche :
sie rühren sich wie in den Wind gestellt
und ruhen aus wie etwas, was man hält.
In ihren Augen ist das feierliche
Verdunkeltwerden lichter Wiesenstriche,
auf die ein rascher Sommerregen fällt.

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Gedichte, zweiter Teil, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1927, p.285


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1903, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 3. Das Buch von der Armut und dem Tode, no. 20 [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Betrachte sie und sieh, was ihnen gleiche", 1918, from oratorio Von der Armut und vom Tode, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John W. M. Slangen (b. 1951), "Betrachte Sie", 1979/80, first performed 1980 [ voice and piano ], from IV Rilke Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-11-12
Line count: 6
Word count: 38

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