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Wer du auch seist: am Abend tritt hinaus aus deiner Stube, drin du alles weißt; als letztes vor der Ferne liegt dein Haus: wer du auch seist. Mit deinen Augen, welche müde kaum von der verbrauchten Schwelle sich befrein, hebst du ganz langsam einen schwarzen Baum und stellst ihn vor den Himmel: schlank, allein. Und hast die Welt gemacht. Und sie ist groß und wie ein Wort, das noch im Schweigen reift. Und wie dein Wille ihren Sinn begreift, lassen sie deine Augen zärtlich los...
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Authorship
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Eingang", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, first published 1920 [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 Robert Fürstenthal (1920 - 2016), "Eingang" [ high voice and piano ] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Eingang", copyright © 2009 [ soprano, viola d'amore, and cello ], from Rilke Songs, no. 4, confirmed with an online score [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Regina Wittemeier (b. 1956), "Es sitzen am Kreuzweg drei Frauen", op. 34 (Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen) no. 1, published 2003 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Robert Bly (b. 1926) , copyright © FRE ; composed by Michael Alec Rose.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2008
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Entrée", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-19
Line count: 13
Word count: 85
Qui que tu sois : le soir, fais un pas hors de ta chambre où tu sais tout ; ta maison est la dernière avant l'horizon : qui que tu sois. Avec tes yeux fatigués qui ont peine à se libérer du seuil usé tu dresses très lentement un arbre noir et le poses devant le ciel, élancé, seul. Et tu as fait le monde. Et il est grand et pareil à un mot qui mûrit encore dans le silence. Et comme ta volonté saisit son sens, tes yeux le laissent délicatement partir ...
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Eingang", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, first published 1920
This text was added to the website: 2013-01-18
Line count: 13
Word count: 94