by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Der Nachbar
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): FRE
Fremde Geige, gehst du mir nach? In wieviel Städten schon sprach deine einsame Nacht zu meiner? Spielen dich hunderte? Spielt dich einer? Giebt es in allen großen Städten solche, die sich ohne dich schon in den den Flüssen verloren hätten? Und warum trifft es immer mich? Warum bin ich immer der Nachbar derer, die ich bange zwingend zu singen und zu sagen: Das Leben ist schwerer als die Schwere von allen Dingen.
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Der Nachbar", written 1902/3, appears in Das Buch der Bilder [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 Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Der Nachbar", copyright © 2012 [soprano and violin], from The Violin Sings in a Common Language, no. 1, confirmed with an online score [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bruce Mather (b. 1939), "Der Nachbar", 1960 [tenor and guitar], from Cycle Rilke, no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Le voisin", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 72