by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Ich verrinne, ich verrinne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich verrinne, ich verrinne wie Sand, der durch Finger rinnt. Ich habe auf einmal so viele Sinne, die alle anders durstig sind. Ich fühle mich an hundert Stellen schwellen und schmerzen. Aber am meisten mitten im Herzen. Ich möchte sterben. Lass mich allein. Ich glaube, es wird mir gelingen, so bange zu sein, dass mir die Pulse zerspringen.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Stimme eines jungen Bruders", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 23, first published 1905 [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 Max Brod (1884 - 1968), "Stimme eines jüngen Bruders" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Escher (1915 - 2008), "Ich verrinne, ich verrinne", op. 76 no. 3 (1954), first performed 1955 [ tenor and piano ], from Vier Gesänge aus dem ersten Teil von Rainer Maria Rilkes Stondenbuch, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Fenigstein (b. 1924), "Zeilen aus "Stimme eines jungen Bruders"", 1968 [ medium voice and orchestra ], from Aus deiner Jugend, no. 6, Edition Kunzelmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Haas (1886 - 1960), "Stimme eines jungen Bruders", c1919-c1944 [ voice and piano ], from 25 Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugenia Manolides (b. 1975), "Ich verrinne, ich verrinne" [ soprano, chorus, orchestra ], from Tempel im Gehör I, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raymond Murray Schafer (b. 1933), "Ich verrinne" [ voice, strings and piano ], from Songs from Rilke's Book of Hours, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Schoeller (1882 - 1977), "Stimme eines jungen Bruders", copyright © 1942 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Gedichte aus dem Stundenbuch von R. M. Rilke, no. 2, Wien : Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ueter (1900 - 1985), "Ich verrinne, ich verrinne", op. 36 no. 2 (1934) [ baritone, violoncello and piano ], from cantata Der kleine Tod, no. 2, Tobias Broeker 2015 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kay Westermann (b. 1958), "Ich verrinne", from 3 Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by James Blair Leishman (1902 - 1963) , "Voice of a young brother" ; composed by Anne Charlotte Clarke.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-10-22
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Word count: 58