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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Hat auch mein Engel keine Pflicht mehr
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Hat auch mein Engel keine Pflicht mehr,
seit ihn mein strenger Tag vertrieb,
oft senkt er sehnend sein Gesicht her
und hat die Himmel nicht mehr lieb.

Er möchte wieder aus armen Tagen
über Wälder rauschendem Ragen
meine blassen Gebete tragen
in die Heimat der Cherubim.

Dorthin trug er mein frühes Weinen
und Bedanken, und meine kleinen
Leiden wuchsen dorten zu Hainen,
welche flüstern über ihm...

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die frühen Gedichte, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1922, p.22


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1898, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Engellieder, no. 3, first published 1899 [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 Akos Banlaky (b. 1966), "Hat auch mein Engel keine Pflicht mehr...", first performed 2009 [ mezzo-soprano and piano trio ], from Liedphantasie no. 4: Engellieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Friedhelm Neubert , "Hat auch mein Engel keine Pflicht mehr", from Engellieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Ruck (1897 - 1983), "Hat auch mein Engel keine Pflicht mehr", op. 106 no. 3, copyright © 1969 [ voice and piano ], from Engellieder, no. 3, Stuttgart : Lausch & Zweigle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl (Kalle) Georg Waldinger , "Engel-Lied" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wim Zwaag (b. 1960), "Hat auch mein Engel keine Pflicht mehr", 2007 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from 10 Songs on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Claus-Christian Schuster [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

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