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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Eranna an Sappho
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O du wilde weite Werferin:
Wie ein Speer bei andern Dingen
lag ich bei den Meinen. Dein Erklingen
warf mich weit. Ich weiß nicht wo ich bin.
Mich kann keiner wiederbringen.

Meine Schwestern denken mich und weben,
und das Haus ist voll vertrauter Schritte.
Ich allein bin fern und fortgegeben
und ich zittere wie eine Bitte;
denn die schöne Göttin in der Mitte
ihrer Mythen glüht und lebt mein Leben.

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Neue Gedichte, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1907, p.4


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Eranna an Sappho", appears in Neue Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-07-11
Line count: 11
Word count: 70

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