by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Thomas Stumpf (b. 1951)
Leben und Tod: Sie sind im Kerne eins
Language: German (Deutsch)
Leben und Tod: Sie sind im Kerne eins. Wer sich begreift aus einem eignen Stamme, der preßt sich selber zu dem Tropfen Weins und wirft sich selber in die reinste Flamme.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Gedichte 1910 bis 1926, Insel-Verlag, 1996
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Gedichte 1910-1922 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Thomas Stumpf (b. 1951) , copyright © ; composed by Kareem Roustom.
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Life and Death
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Life and death: at their core they are one [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Stumpf (b. 1951), 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 Die Gedichte 1910-1922
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Kareem Roustom (b. 1971), "Life and Death", 2023, copyright © 2023, first performed 2023 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from The Clustered Vine; Songs of Love, Loss & Remembrance, no. 3, Layali Music [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2023-10-03
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Word count: 30