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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Tränenkrüglein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Andere fassen den Wein, andere fassen die Öle
in dem gehöhlten Gewölb, das ihre Wandung umschrieb.
Ich, als ein kleineres Maß und als schlankestes, höhle
mich einem andern Bedarf, stürzenden Tränen zulieb.

Wein wird reicher, und Öl klärt sich noch weiter im Kruge.
Was mit den Tränen geschieht ? - Sie machten mich schwer,
machten mich blinder und machten mich schillern am Buge,
machten mich brüchig zuletzt und machten mich leer.

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Gedichte, Dritter Teil, Leipzig: Insel_Verlag, 1927, p.424


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Tränenkrüglein", appears in Letzte Gedichte [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 Werner Wolf Glaser (1913 - 2006), "Tränenkrüglein", published 1935? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Tränenkrüglein", 1942, published 1999 [ voice and piano ], Schott [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Stephen Andrew Gill Hough, Sir (b. 1961), "Tränenkrüglein", 2010 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstlieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2023-07-27
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