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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Bei Tag bist du das Hörensagen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Bei Tag bist du das Hörensagen,
das flüsternd um die Vielen fließt;
die Stille nach dem Stundenschlagen,
welche sich langsam wieder schließt.

Jemehr der Tag mit immer schwächern
Gebärden sich nach Abend neigt,
jemehr bist du, mein Gott. Es steigt
dein Reich wie Rauch aus allen Dächern.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Das Stundenbuch, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1918, page 74.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 2. Das Buch von der Pilgerschaft, no. 30 [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 Barbara Kolberg (b. 1971), "Bei Tag", copyright © 2021 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Sololieder, no. 1, München : Strube Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philipp Schoeller (1882 - 1977), "Bei Tag bist du", copyright © 1942 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Gedichte aus dem Stundenbuch von R. M. Rilke, no. 5, Wien : Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

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