{"work":{"slug":"rilke","title":{"source":"Neue Gedichte","translated":"New Poems"},"author":"Rainer Maria Rilke","language":"German","languageCode":"de","url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke"},"unit":{"kind":"poem","number":null,"id":"das-wappen","title":{"source":"Das Wappen","translated":"The Coat of Arms"},"section":"New Poems: The Other Part","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/das-wappen","lines":14},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/rosa-hortensie","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-junggeselle","license":"Source text: public domain (Rainer Maria Rilke, died 1926; Neue Gedichte published 1907 and 1908), from Wikisource. English translation and notes: © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC. Narration: synthesized for this edition.","audioBase":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/","lines":[{"number":1,"label":"1","id":"das-wappen-s1-l1","source":"Wie ein Spiegel, der, von ferne tragend,","translation":"Like a mirror that, bearing from afar,","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"tragend","title":"Present participle used as modifier","body":"tragend is the present participle of tragen, 'to carry, to bear', formed by adding -d to the infinitive. It modifies der, the mirror, in the phrase von ferne tragend, 'bearing from afar'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"Like"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Spiegel","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Spiegel","lemma":"Spiegel","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Wie","gloss":"mirror"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on aufnahm","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on tragend","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"ferne","lemma":"Ferne","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on von","gloss":"afar"},{"surface":"tragend","lemma":"tragen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on der","gloss":"bearing"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"das-wappen-s1-l2","source":"lautlos in sich aufnahm, ist der Schild;","translation":"soundlessly took into itself, the shield is so;","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"aufnahm","title":"Separable prefix stays attached here","body":"aufnehmen means 'to take in, to absorb'. It is separable, but here the simple past aufnahm keeps its prefix auf attached because the verb sits at the end of its clause: in sich aufnahm, 'took into itself'."}],"words":[{"surface":"lautlos","lemma":"lautlos","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on aufnahm","gloss":"soundlessly"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on aufnahm","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular, reflexive","role":"depends on in","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"aufnahm","lemma":"aufnehmen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the relative clause","gloss":"took in"},{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Schild","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Schild","lemma":"Schild","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"shield"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"das-wappen-s1-l3","source":"offen einstens, dann zusammenschlagend","translation":"open once, then clapping shut","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"zusammenschlagend","title":"Clapping shut, not open","body":"zusammenschlagend is the present participle of zusammenschlagen, literally 'to strike together', here 'to clap or snap shut'. einstens is an older form of einst, 'once, formerly'."}],"words":[{"surface":"offen","lemma":"offen","morphology":"adjective, predicative","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"open"},{"surface":"einstens","lemma":"einstens","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on offen","gloss":"once"},{"surface":"dann","lemma":"dann","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on zusammenschlagend","gloss":"then"},{"surface":"zusammenschlagend","lemma":"zusammenschlagen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on offen","gloss":"clapping shut"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"das-wappen-s1-l4","source":"über einem Spiegelbild","translation":"over a mirror-image","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"über","lemma":"über","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on zusammenschlagend","gloss":"over"},{"surface":"einem","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Spiegelbild","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Spiegelbild","lemma":"Spiegelbild","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on über","gloss":"mirror-image"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"das-wappen-s2-l1","source":"jener Wesen, die in des Geschlechts","translation":"of those beings that, in the lineage's","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"jener Wesen","title":"Genitive plural depends on Spiegelbild","body":"jener Wesen, 'of those beings', is genitive plural, depending on Spiegelbild in the line above. jener is the demonstrative 'that, those', more literary than dieser."},{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"des Geschlechts","title":"Lineage, not gender","body":"des Geschlechts is the genitive singular of das Geschlecht. The word can mean 'sex' or 'species', but here it means 'lineage, family line'."}],"words":[{"surface":"jener","lemma":"jener","morphology":"determiner, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Wesen","gloss":"those"},{"surface":"Wesen","lemma":"Wesen","morphology":"noun, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Spiegelbild","gloss":"beings"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"depends on wohnen","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on wohnen","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"des","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Geschlechts","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Geschlechts","lemma":"Geschlecht","morphology":"noun, genitive, neuter, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"lineage's"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"das-wappen-s2-l2","source":"Weiten wohnen, nicht mehr zu bestreiten,","translation":"wide expanses dwell, no longer to be disputed,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"nicht mehr zu bestreiten","title":"Passive sense with zu","body":"nicht mehr zu bestreiten uses zu plus the infinitive to mean 'no longer to be disputed'. bestreiten means 'to dispute, to contest, to deny'; the construction states what is or is not to be done, here negated."}],"words":[{"surface":"Weiten","lemma":"Weite","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on wohnen","gloss":"wide expanses"},{"surface":"wohnen","lemma":"wohnen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"dwell"},{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on bestreiten","gloss":"no longer"},{"surface":"mehr","lemma":"mehr","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on nicht","gloss":"longer"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on bestreiten","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"bestreiten","lemma":"bestreiten","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on wohnen","gloss":"be disputed"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"das-wappen-s2-l3","source":"seiner Dinge, seiner Wirklichkeiten","translation":"of its things, of its realities","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"seiner","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Dinge","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"Dinge","lemma":"Ding","morphology":"noun, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Wesen","gloss":"things"},{"surface":"seiner","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, genitive, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Wirklichkeiten","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"Wirklichkeiten","lemma":"Wirklichkeit","morphology":"noun, genitive, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Dinge","gloss":"realities"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"das-wappen-s2-l4","source":"(rechte links und linke rechts),","translation":"(right ones on the left and left ones on the right),","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s2-l4.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"rechte","lemma":"recht","morphology":"adjective, nominative, plural, nominalized","role":"depends on Dinge","gloss":"right ones"},{"surface":"links","lemma":"links","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on rechte","gloss":"on the left"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on rechte","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"linke","lemma":"link","morphology":"adjective, nominative, plural, nominalized","role":"depends on und","gloss":"left ones"},{"surface":"rechts","lemma":"rechts","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on linke","gloss":"on the right"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"das-wappen-s3-l1","source":"die er eingesteht und sagt und zeigt.","translation":"which it admits and speaks and shows.","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"eingesteht","title":"Confessing, not just showing","body":"eingestehen means 'to admit, to confess'. It is a separable verb; here it is present tense, third-person singular, paired with sagt, 'speaks', and zeigt, 'shows'."}],"words":[{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, plural","role":"depends on eingesteht","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on eingesteht","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"eingesteht","lemma":"eingestehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"admits"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on eingesteht","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"sagt","lemma":"sagen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"speaks"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on sagt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"zeigt","lemma":"zeigen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"shows"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"das-wappen-s3-l2","source":"Drauf, mit Ruhm und Dunkel ausgeschlagen,","translation":"Upon it, lined with glory and darkness,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"ausgeschlagen","title":"Lined, not simply struck","body":"ausgeschlagen is the past participle of ausschlagen, here meaning 'lined, upholstered', as a surface is lined with cloth. mit Ruhm und Dunkel ausgeschlagen means 'lined with glory and darkness'. Drauf contracts darauf, 'upon it'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Drauf","lemma":"drauf","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ruht","gloss":"Upon it"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on ausgeschlagen","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"Ruhm","lemma":"Ruhm","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"glory"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on Ruhm","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"Dunkel","lemma":"Dunkel","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"darkness"},{"surface":"ausgeschlagen","lemma":"ausschlagen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on Drauf","gloss":"lined"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"das-wappen-s3-l3","source":"ruht der Spangenhelm, verkürzt,","translation":"rests the barred helm, foreshortened,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"ruht","lemma":"ruhen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"rests"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Spangenhelm","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Spangenhelm","lemma":"Spangenhelm","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on ruht","gloss":"barred helm"},{"surface":"verkürzt","lemma":"verkürzen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on Spangenhelm","gloss":"foreshortened"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"das-wappen-s4-l1","source":"den das Flügelkleinod übersteigt,","translation":"which the winged crest surmounts,","stanza":4,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s4-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"das Flügelkleinod","title":"A compound noun, winged crest","body":"Flügelkleinod combines Flügel, 'wing', and Kleinod, 'jewel, precious ornament'; in heraldry Kleinod names the crest atop a helm. übersteigt, from übersteigen, 'to surmount, to rise above', is the main verb, and den refers back to the helm named earlier."}],"words":[{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on übersteigt","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Flügelkleinod","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Flügelkleinod","lemma":"Flügelkleinod","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on übersteigt","gloss":"winged crest"},{"surface":"übersteigt","lemma":"übersteigen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"surmounts"}]},{"number":13,"label":"13","id":"das-wappen-s4-l2","source":"während seine Decke wie mit Klagen","translation":"while its mantling, as if with laments,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s4-l2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"während","lemma":"während","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on herniederstürzt","gloss":"while"},{"surface":"seine","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Decke","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"Decke","lemma":"Decke","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on herniederstürzt","gloss":"mantling"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on herniederstürzt","gloss":"as if"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on wie","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"Klagen","lemma":"Klage","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"laments"}]},{"number":14,"label":"14","id":"das-wappen-s4-l3","source":"reich und aufgeregt herniederstürzt.","translation":"richly and agitatedly plunges down.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-wappen-s4-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"herniederstürzt","title":"Separable verb ends the clause","body":"herniederstürzen, 'to plunge down', combines hernieder, 'down toward the speaker', and stürzen, 'to plunge'. It closes the während clause begun two lines above, so the verb lands last. aufgeregt means 'agitated, stirred up'."}],"words":[{"surface":"reich","lemma":"reich","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on herniederstürzt","gloss":"richly"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on reich","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"aufgeregt","lemma":"aufgeregt","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on und","gloss":"agitatedly"},{"surface":"herniederstürzt","lemma":"herniederstürzen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"plunges down"}]}]}