Wem willst du klagen, Herz? Immer gemiedener ringt sich dein Weg durch die unbegreiflichen Menschen. Mehr noch vergebens vielleicht, da er die Richtung behält, Richtung zur Zukunft behält, zu der verlorenen. Früher. Klagtest? Was wars? Eine gefallene Beere des Jubels, unreife. Jetzt aber bricht mir mein Jubel-Baum, bricht mir im Sturme mein langsamer Jubel-Baum. Schönster in meiner unsichtbaren Landschaft, der du mich kenntlicher machtest Engeln, unsichtbaren.
In: Insel-Almanach (1927); Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, rainer-maria-rilke.de/100139klage.html
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Klage", written 1914 [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 Peter Escher (1915 - 2008), "Klage", op. 32 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], Basle Switzerland : Prietto Music Editions  [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943) , "Lament", copyright © ; composed by Richard Burchard.
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Whom will you cry to, heart? More and more lonely [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Ahead of All Parting; The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke, Modern Libr., 1995
Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), "Lament", copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Klage", written 1914
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Burchard (b. 1960), "Whom will you cry to, heart", copyright © 2015 [ chorus and piano ], Pavane Publishing [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2023-10-10
Line count: 14
Word count: 84