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Ich f​ü​rchte mich

from Eremos by Valentina Bellanova

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Living in Germany, loving German language and German poetry...I couldn't help recording this meaningfull poem by Rainar Maria Rilke, written in Berlin in 1898. I feel it so deeply close to me

"Ich fürchte mich": "I fear"

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Ich fürchte mich so vor der Menschen Wort.
Sie sprechen alles so deutlich aus:
Und dieses heißt Hund und jenes heißt Haus,
und hier ist Beginn und das Ende ist dort.
Mich bangt auch ihr Sinn, ihr Spiel mit dem Spott,
sie wissen alles, was wird und war;
kein Berg ist ihnen mehr wunderbar;
ihr Garten und Gut grenzt grade an Gott.
Ich will immer warnen und wehren: Bleibt fern.
Die Dinge singen hör ich so gern.
Ihr rührt sie an: sie sind starr und stumm.
Ihr bringt mir alle die Dinge um.

I fear so deeply the words of mankind.
They utter them all with so certain a sound:
and this we call house and that we call hound,
and here is before, and there is behind.
I fear too their thinking, their mocking disdain.
They know the whole past, all things that will be.
For them, no mountain is wondrous to see;
their properties border on God’s own domain.
Pay heed to my warning: now make your retreat.
The singing of things, not words, is what’s sweet.
Your words make things mute, so rigid and gray,
killing them, draining their beauty away.

Translation: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1019&context=gc_studentpubs

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from Eremos, released December 29, 2021

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Valentina Bellanova Berlin, Germany

Italian wood-wind player and composer based in Berlin. Ney, recorders, bagpipes, singing, drums.
Performing with various ensembles and projects all over Europe, she has also developed her solo performance connected to her first solo album "Eremos".
An atmospheric program, where the diverse possibilities of her instruments will unfold in connection with loops, effect pedals and percussions. ... more

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