by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Uraltes Wehn vom Meer
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Uraltes Wehn vom Meer, Meerwind bei Nacht: du kommst zu keinem her; wenn einer wacht, so muß er sehn, wie er dich übersteht: uraltes Wehn vom Meer, welches weht [nur wie für]1 Ur-Gestein, lauter Raum reißend [von]2 weit herein . . . O wie fühlt dich ein treibender Feigenbaum oben im Mondschein.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Gedichte, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1997, pages 546-547.
1 Jarnach: "wie nur für"; Zinsstag: "nur für die"2 Apostel, Paulsen: "wie"
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Lied vom Meer", subtitle: "Capri. Piccola Marina", appears in Der neuen Gedichte anderer Teil [author's text checked 2 times 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 Hans Erich Apostel (1901 - 1972), "Lied vom Meer", subtitle: "(Capri, piccola marina)", op. 6 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1937 [ voice and piano ], Wien: Universal-Edition, Nr. 10917 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Λrthvr , "Lied vom Meer", 2019 [ voice ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "Lied vom Meer", subtitle: "Capri, piccola marina", 1949 [ baritone and piano ], Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Daffner (1882 - 1936), "Lied vom Meer", op. 79 (Vier Lieder zu Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke) no. 3, published 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helmut Degen (1911 - 1995), "Lied vom Meer" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walther Ebel (b. 1899), "Lied vom Meer", copyright © 1959 [ men's chorus ], Berlin ; Wiesbaden : Otto Wrede Regina-Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Edler (1912 - 1986), "Lied vom Meer", from Vier Melodramen, no. 2, Edition Tonos [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fré Focke (1910 - 1989), "Lied vom Meer", 1956 [ speaker and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ilse Fromm-Michaels (1888 - 1986), "Lied vom Meer", 1948/49 [ baritone and piano or orchestra ], from Drei Rilke-Gesänge, no. 2, Sikorski [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Gerstberger (1892 - 1955), "Lied vom Meer", op. 25 no. 3 [ alto and piano ], from Die Nacht ; 3 Gesänge, no. 3, Zürich : Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Karl Grimm (b. 1902), "Lied vom Meer", op. 59 no. 3 (1938) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder des Meeres, no. 3, Berlin-Dahlem : Wred [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Herzog (1917 - 1986), "Uraltes Wehn vom Meer" [ bass and piano ], from 5 Gesänge, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Rudolf) Walther Hirschberg (1889 - 1960), "Lied vom Meer", op. 49 (Zehn Lieder) no. 8, published 19? [ voice and piano ], [Deutschland] : Hirschberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dorothea Hofmann (b. 1961), "Lied vom Meer", 2020 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Jarnach (1892 - 1982), "Lied vom Meer", op. 15 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Jobst (1908 - 1943), "Lied vom Meer", op. 6 (Drei Gesänge) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst-Lothar von Knorr (1896 - 1973), "Lied vom Meer", 1950? [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harald Kruse (1923 - 1988), "Lied vom Meer" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Norby (1936 - 2007), "Lied vom Meer", 1963, published 1986?, copyright © 1971 [ soprano and piano ], from 2 Rilke sange, no. 2, København : Engstrøm & Sødring [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helmut Paulsen (b. 1909), "Lied vom Meer" [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben besinnliche Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Horst Petruschke (1929 - 1996), "Lied vom Meer" [ chorus and orchestra ], from Wassermusik, no. 3, Händels beliebtes und populäres Orchesterwerk „Wassermusik“ hat mich angeregt, diese herrliche Musik auch mal in einer anderen Bearbeitung zu präsentieren. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Petzold (1908 - 1991), "Lied vom Meer", from Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Polsterer (1879 - 1945), "Lied vom Meer", 1914 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Rietz (1905 - 1976), "Lied vom Meer" [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andries van Rossem (b. 1957), "lied vom meer" [ soprano and harmonium ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hajo Sanders , "Lied vom Meer", 2012 [ voice and band ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Franz Schieri (1922 - 2009), "Lied vom Meer" [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Schröder (1904 - 1984), "Das Lied vom Meer", 1969, copyright © 1972 [ chorus ], from Rilke-Zyklus, no. 6, Heidelberg : Willy Müller / Süddeutscher Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oliver Steller (b. 1967), "Lied vom Meer", 2006 [ narrator, saxophone and double bass ], from Zwischen den Sternen. Gedichte. Briefe. Leben. , no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adam Teleki , "Lied vom Meer" [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "Lied vom Meer ", 1948, from Drei Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gérard Zinsstag (b. 1941), "Lied vom Meer", 2015 [ mezzo-soprano, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello ], from Rilke-lieder, no. 1, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by James Blair Leishman (1902 - 1963) , "Song of the Sea", subtitle: "Capri, Piccola Marina" ; composed by Anne Charlotte Clarke.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Antoine Tisné.
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- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anders Österling (1884 - 1981) , "Sång från havet", copyright © ; composed by Dag Lundin, Staffan Storm.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song of the Sea", subtitle: "Capri. Piccola Marina", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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