by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Leon Berger (b. 1956)
Wenn wie ein leises Flügelbreiten
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn wie ein leises Flügelbreiten sich in den späten Lüften wiegt, - ich möchte immer weiter schreiten bis in das Tal, wo tiefgeschmiegt an abendrote Einsamkeiten die Sehnsucht wie ein Garten liegt. Vielleicht darf ich dich dorten finden, und zage wird dein erstes Mühn die wehen Wünsche mir verbinden, du wirst mich führen tief ins Grün - und heimlich werden weiße Winden an meinem staubigen Stabe blühn.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke,R.M.,Gesammelte Werke (Gedichte), Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH, 2020
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Advent, in Funde, no. 1 [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 Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "Wenn wie ein leises Flügelbreiten", 1926 [ soprano and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 6, Wien IX, Türkensir. 9, Edit. Vienna / Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, adapted by Leon Berger (b. 1956) , "Longing", copyright © ; composed by Donald Ibrahim Swann.
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This text was added to the website: 2023-09-14
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Word count: 67
Longing
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Beneath the spreading wings of evening [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Leon Berger (b. 1956), "Longing", copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Advent, in Funde, no. 1
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Donald Ibrahim Swann (1923 - 1994), "Longing" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2023-09-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 77