by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Nacht!/ Nahst du dich wieder
Language: German (Deutsch)
Nacht! Nahst du dich wieder , du heilige , milde , barmherzige Schwester , schreitest im Ordensgewande nieder vom Hange der Hügel helfend hin durch das Schlachtfeld des unbarmherzigen Lebens , göttliche , gnädige einsame Nacht !
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Gedichte an die Nacht, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 2004, p.46
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title [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 Gualtiero Dazzi (b. 1960), "Nacht", 2007 [ voice and cimbalom ] [sung text not yet checked]
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