{"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":"der-einsame","title":{"source":"Der Einsame","translated":"The Solitary One"},"section":"New Poems: The Other Part","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-einsame","lines":12},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-junggeselle","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-leser","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":"der-einsame-s1-l1","source":"Nein: ein Turm soll sein aus meinem Herzen","translation":"No: a tower shall be made out of my heart","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-einsame-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"soll sein","title":"Modal plus infinitive, intended outcome","body":"soll sein combines sollen, 'shall, is to', with the infinitive sein, 'to be': ein Turm soll sein, 'a tower is to be [made]'. sollen expresses an intended or commanded outcome, not simple future."}],"words":[{"surface":"Nein","lemma":"nein","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on soll","gloss":"No"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Turm","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Turm","lemma":"Turm","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on soll","gloss":"tower"},{"surface":"soll","lemma":"sollen","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"shall"},{"surface":"sein","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, infinitive","role":"depends on soll","gloss":"be"},{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on sein","gloss":"out of"},{"surface":"meinem","lemma":"mein","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Herzen","gloss":"my"},{"surface":"Herzen","lemma":"Herz","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"heart"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"der-einsame-s1-l2","source":"und ich selbst an seinen Rand gestellt:","translation":"and I myself set at its edge:","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-einsame-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"an seinen Rand gestellt","title":"Past participle, set, placed","body":"gestellt is the past participle of stellen, 'to set, to place'. an seinen Rand gestellt means 'set at its edge', describing ich, the speaker, placed at the tower's rim."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on gestellt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on gestellt","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"selbst","lemma":"selbst","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ich","gloss":"myself"},{"surface":"an","lemma":"an","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on gestellt","gloss":"at"},{"surface":"seinen","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Rand","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"Rand","lemma":"Rand","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on an","gloss":"edge"},{"surface":"gestellt","lemma":"stellen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"set"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"der-einsame-s1-l3","source":"wo sonst nichts mehr ist, noch einmal Schmerzen","translation":"where else there is nothing more, once again pains","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-einsame-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"noch einmal","title":"Once again, a repeated phrase","body":"noch einmal means 'once again, one more time'. It modifies the nouns that follow in this list, Schmerzen, Unsäglichkeit, and Welt, each repeated 'once again'."}],"words":[{"surface":"wo","lemma":"wo","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"where"},{"surface":"sonst","lemma":"sonst","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"else"},{"surface":"nichts","lemma":"nichts","morphology":"pronoun, neuter","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"nothing"},{"surface":"mehr","lemma":"mehr","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on nichts","gloss":"more"},{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on einmal","gloss":"again"},{"surface":"einmal","lemma":"einmal","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"once"},{"surface":"Schmerzen","lemma":"Schmerz","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"pains"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"der-einsame-s1-l4","source":"und Unsäglichkeit, noch einmal Welt.","translation":"and unsayableness, once again world.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-einsame-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Unsäglichkeit","title":"A noun for unsayableness","body":"Unsäglichkeit is a noun built from unsäglich, 'unsayable, inexpressible', itself un- plus sagen, 'to say'. It names the abstract state of what cannot be said."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"Unsäglichkeit","lemma":"Unsäglichkeit","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"unsayableness"},{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Welt","gloss":"again"},{"surface":"einmal","lemma":"einmal","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on noch","gloss":"once"},{"surface":"Welt","lemma":"Welt","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"world"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"der-einsame-s2-l1","source":"Noch ein Ding allein im Übergroßen,","translation":"One more thing, alone in the over-vast,","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-einsame-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"im Übergroßen","title":"A noun for the over-vast","body":"Übergroßen is a noun formed from übergroß, 'oversized, over-vast', itself über-, 'over, beyond', plus groß, 'great, large'. im Übergroßen means 'in the over-vast [expanse]'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Ding","gloss":"yet"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Ding","gloss":"one"},{"surface":"Ding","lemma":"Ding","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"thing"},{"surface":"allein","lemma":"allein","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on im","gloss":"alone"},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Ding","gloss":"in the"},{"surface":"Übergroßen","lemma":"Übergroße","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"over-vast"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"der-einsame-s2-l2","source":"welches dunkel wird und wieder licht,","translation":"which grows dark and again light,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-einsame-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"welches","title":"Relative pronoun referring back","body":"welches, 'which', is a relative pronoun, nominative neuter singular, agreeing with Ding from the line before. It introduces the clause welches dunkel wird und wieder licht, 'which grows dark and again light'."}],"words":[{"surface":"welches","lemma":"welcher","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on wird","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"dunkel","lemma":"dunkel","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wird","gloss":"dark"},{"surface":"wird","lemma":"werden","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"grows"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on wird","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"wieder","lemma":"wieder","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on licht","gloss":"again"},{"surface":"licht","lemma":"licht","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wird","gloss":"light"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"der-einsame-s2-l3","source":"noch ein letztes, sehnendes Gesicht","translation":"one last, longing face","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-einsame-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"sehnendes","title":"Present participle used as adjective","body":"sehnendes is the present participle of sich sehnen, 'to long, to yearn', used here as an adjective: ein letztes, sehnendes Gesicht, 'one last, longing face'."}],"words":[{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Gesicht","gloss":"yet"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gesicht","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"letztes","lemma":"letzt","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gesicht","gloss":"last"},{"surface":"sehnendes","lemma":"sehnend","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on letztes","gloss":"longing"},{"surface":"Gesicht","lemma":"Gesicht","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"face"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"der-einsame-s2-l4","source":"in das Nie-zu-Stillende verstoßen,","translation":"cast out into the never-to-be-stilled,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-einsame-s2-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"das Nie-zu-Stillende","title":"A compound adjective used as noun","body":"das Nie-zu-Stillende is an adjective, 'never to be stilled', built from nie, 'never', and zu stillen, 'to be stilled', turned into a noun by the article das. It names an abstract state rather than a specific thing."}],"words":[{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on verstoßen","gloss":"into"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Nie-zu-Stillende","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Nie-zu-Stillende","lemma":"Nie-zu-Stillend","morphology":"adjective, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"never-to-be-stilled"},{"surface":"verstoßen","lemma":"verstoßen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"cast out"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"der-einsame-s3-l1","source":"noch ein äußerstes Gesicht aus Stein,","translation":"one uttermost face of stone,","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-einsame-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"äußerstes","title":"Superlative meaning uttermost","body":"äußerstes is the superlative of äußer, 'outer', meaning 'uttermost, extreme'. ein äußerstes Gesicht aus Stein means 'one uttermost face of stone'."}],"words":[{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Gesicht","gloss":"yet"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gesicht","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"äußerstes","lemma":"äußerst","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gesicht","gloss":"uttermost"},{"surface":"Gesicht","lemma":"Gesicht","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"face"},{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Gesicht","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"Stein","lemma":"Stein","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"stone"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"der-einsame-s3-l2","source":"willig seinen inneren Gewichten,","translation":"willing toward its inner weights,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-einsame-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"willig seinen … Gewichten","title":"Dative object of willig","body":"willig, 'willing', here governs the dative case: seinen inneren Gewichten, 'toward its inner weights'. Adjectives like willig that express disposition toward something often take a dative object in German."}],"words":[{"surface":"willig","lemma":"willig","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on Gewichten","gloss":"willing"},{"surface":"seinen","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Gewichten","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"inneren","lemma":"innerer","morphology":"adjective, dative, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Gewichten","gloss":"inner"},{"surface":"Gewichten","lemma":"Gewicht","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, plural","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"weights"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"der-einsame-s3-l3","source":"das die Weiten, die es still vernichten,","translation":"which the distances, that silently destroy it,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-einsame-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"das die Weiten, die es … vernichten, zwingen","title":"Nested relative clauses","body":"das die Weiten, die es still vernichten, zwingen nests one relative clause inside another: die Weiten is modified by die es ... vernichten, 'that silently destroy it', before the outer clause's verb zwingen, 'force', is reached."}],"words":[{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on zwingen","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on Weiten","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Weiten","lemma":"Weite","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, plural","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"distances"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, plural","role":"depends on vernichten","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on vernichten","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"still","lemma":"still","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on vernichten","gloss":"silently"},{"surface":"vernichten","lemma":"vernichten","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the relative clause","gloss":"destroy"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"der-einsame-s3-l4","source":"zwingen, immer seliger zu sein.","translation":"force ever more blissful to be.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-einsame-s3-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"zwingen … zu sein","title":"Verb plus infinitive with zu","body":"zwingen ... zu sein means 'force ... to be'. zwingen, 'to force', takes an infinitive with zu to name what someone or something is forced to do: immer seliger zu sein, 'to be ever more blissful'."}],"words":[{"surface":"zwingen","lemma":"zwingen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"force"},{"surface":"immer","lemma":"immer","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on seliger","gloss":"ever"},{"surface":"seliger","lemma":"selig","morphology":"adverb, comparative","role":"depends on sein","gloss":"more blissful"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on sein","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"sein","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, infinitive","role":"depends on zwingen","gloss":"be"}]}]}