{"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-panther","title":{"source":"Der Panther","translated":"The Panther"},"section":"New Poems","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-panther","lines":12},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-gefangene","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/die-gazelle","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-panther-s1-l1","source":"Sein Blick ist vom Vorübergehn der Stäbe","translation":"His gaze, from the passing of the bars,","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-panther-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"die Stäbe","title":"A noun that takes an umlaut","body":"der Stab, 'rod, bar', adds an umlaut to form its plural, die Stäbe. Vom Vorübergehn der Stäbe means 'from the passing of the bars', with der Stäbe a genitive plural depending on Vorübergehn. Vorübergehn is a noun made from the verb vorübergehen, 'to pass by'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Sein","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Blick","gloss":"His"},{"surface":"Blick","lemma":"Blick","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of ist","gloss":"gaze"},{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"auxiliary of geworden (next line), forms the perfect tense","gloss":"has"},{"surface":"vom","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"Vorübergehn","lemma":"Vorübergehen","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on vom","gloss":"passing"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Stäbe","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Stäbe","lemma":"Stab","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Vorübergehn","gloss":"bars"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"der-panther-s1-l2","source":"so müd geworden, daß er nichts mehr hält.","translation":"has grown so weary that it holds nothing more.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-panther-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"daß","title":"Old spelling of the conjunction dass","body":"daß is the pre-1996 spelling of dass, the conjunction meaning 'that', which introduces a subordinate clause. Because it is subordinating, the finite verb hält moves to the end of its clause. Rilke's text keeps this older spelling rather than the modern one."}],"words":[{"surface":"so","lemma":"so","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on müd","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"müd","lemma":"müde","morphology":"adjective, predicate","role":"depends on geworden","gloss":"weary"},{"surface":"geworden","lemma":"werden","morphology":"auxiliary verb, participle","role":"depends on ist (previous line), forms the perfect tense","gloss":"grown"},{"surface":"daß","lemma":"daß","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on hält","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on hält","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"nichts","lemma":"nichts","morphology":"pronoun, neuter","role":"depends on hält","gloss":"nothing"},{"surface":"mehr","lemma":"mehr","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on nichts","gloss":"more"},{"surface":"hält","lemma":"halten","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the daß-clause","gloss":"holds"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"der-panther-s1-l3","source":"Ihm ist, als ob es tausend Stäbe gäbe","translation":"To him it is as if there were a thousand bars","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-panther-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Ihm","lemma":"ihm","morphology":"pronoun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"To him"},{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"als","lemma":"als","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on gäbe","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"ob","lemma":"ob","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on gäbe","gloss":"if"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on gäbe","gloss":"there"},{"surface":"tausend","lemma":"tausend","morphology":"numeral","role":"depends on Stäbe","gloss":"a thousand"},{"surface":"Stäbe","lemma":"Stab","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on gäbe","gloss":"bars"},{"surface":"gäbe","lemma":"geben","morphology":"verb, past, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the als-ob clause","gloss":"were"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"der-panther-s1-l4","source":"und hinter tausend Stäben keine Welt.","translation":"and behind a thousand bars no world.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-panther-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"coordinates with gäbe (previous line)","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"hinter","lemma":"hinter","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Welt","gloss":"behind"},{"surface":"tausend","lemma":"tausend","morphology":"numeral","role":"depends on Stäben","gloss":"a thousand"},{"surface":"Stäben","lemma":"Stab","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on hinter","gloss":"bars"},{"surface":"keine","lemma":"kein","morphology":"determiner, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Welt","gloss":"no"},{"surface":"Welt","lemma":"Welt","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"object of elided gäbe, parallel to Stäbe","gloss":"world"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"der-panther-s2-l1","source":"Der weiche Gang geschmeidig starker Schritte,","translation":"The soft pace of supple, powerful strides,","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-panther-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"geschmeidig","title":"Adverb describing the stride","body":"geschmeidig means 'supple, lithe, smooth'. Here it is an adverb modifying starker, 'powerful', describing how the strides move. starker Schritte is a genitive plural, 'of powerful strides', depending on Gang, 'pace, gait'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Gang","gloss":"The"},{"surface":"weiche","lemma":"weich","morphology":"adjective, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Gang","gloss":"soft"},{"surface":"Gang","lemma":"Gang","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of ist (der-panther-s2-l3)","gloss":"pace"},{"surface":"geschmeidig","lemma":"geschmeidig","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on starker","gloss":"supple"},{"surface":"starker","lemma":"stark","morphology":"adjective, genitive, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Schritte","gloss":"powerful"},{"surface":"Schritte","lemma":"Schritt","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Gang","gloss":"strides"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"der-panther-s2-l2","source":"der sich im allerkleinsten Kreise dreht,","translation":"that turns in the very smallest of circles,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-panther-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, relative, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of dreht","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular, reflexive","role":"depends on dreht","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on dreht","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"allerkleinsten","lemma":"allerkleinster","morphology":"adjective, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Kreise","gloss":"very smallest"},{"surface":"Kreise","lemma":"Kreis","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"circle"},{"surface":"dreht","lemma":"drehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the relative clause","gloss":"turns"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"der-panther-s2-l3","source":"ist wie ein Tanz von Kraft um eine Mitte,","translation":"is like a dance of force around a center","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-panther-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence (subject: Gang, der-panther-s2-l1)","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on Tanz","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Tanz","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Tanz","lemma":"Tanz","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"dance"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Tanz","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"Kraft","lemma":"Kraft","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on von","gloss":"force"},{"surface":"um","lemma":"um","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on Tanz","gloss":"around"},{"surface":"eine","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Mitte","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Mitte","lemma":"Mitte","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on um","gloss":"center"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"der-panther-s2-l4","source":"in der betäubt ein großer Wille steht.","translation":"in which a great will stands numbed.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-panther-s2-l4.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on steht","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, relative, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on in, refers to 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pupil","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-panther-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"Nur","lemma":"nur","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on manchmal","gloss":"Only"},{"surface":"manchmal","lemma":"manchmal","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on schiebt","gloss":"sometimes"},{"surface":"schiebt","lemma":"aufschieben","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence, separable prefix auf in the next line","gloss":"slides","note":"Separable verb aufschieben ('to slide open'); its prefix auf appears at the start of the next line."},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Vorhang","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Vorhang","lemma":"Vorhang","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"subject of schiebt","gloss":"curtain"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Pupille","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Pupille","lemma":"Pupille","morphology":"noun, genitive, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Vorhang","gloss":"pupil"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"der-panther-s3-l2","source":"sich lautlos auf –. Dann geht ein Bild hinein,","translation":"lifts soundlessly –. Then an image enters,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-panther-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"sich","lemma":"sich","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, singular, reflexive","role":"depends on schiebt (previous line)","gloss":"itself"},{"surface":"lautlos","lemma":"lautlos","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on schiebt","gloss":"soundlessly"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"particle, separable verb prefix","role":"separable prefix of schiebt (previous line)","gloss":"open"},{"surface":"Dann","lemma":"dann","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on geht","gloss":"Then"},{"surface":"geht","lemma":"hineingehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"enters"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Bild","gloss":"an"},{"surface":"Bild","lemma":"Bild","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of geht","gloss":"image"},{"surface":"hinein","lemma":"hinein","morphology":"adverb","role":"separable prefix of geht","gloss":"in"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"der-panther-s3-l3","source":"geht durch der Glieder angespannte Stille –","translation":"passes through the taut stillness of the limbs –","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-panther-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"geht","lemma":"gehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated main verb with geht (previous line); subject: Bild","gloss":"passes"},{"surface":"durch","lemma":"durch","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on geht","gloss":"through"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Glieder","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Glieder","lemma":"Glied","morphology":"noun, genitive, neuter, plural","role":"depends on Stille","gloss":"limbs"},{"surface":"angespannte","lemma":"angespannt","morphology":"adjective, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Stille","gloss":"taut"},{"surface":"Stille","lemma":"Stille","morphology":"noun, accusative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on durch","gloss":"stillness"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"der-panther-s3-l4","source":"und hört im Herzen auf zu sein.","translation":"and ceases, in the heart, to be.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/der-panther-s3-l4.m4a","notes":[],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on hört","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"hört","lemma":"aufhören","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"coordinated main verb with geht (der-panther-s3-l3)","gloss":"ceases","note":"Separable verb aufhören ('to cease'); its prefix auf follows two words later."},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on hört","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"Herzen","lemma":"Herz","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"heart"},{"surface":"auf","lemma":"auf","morphology":"particle, separable verb prefix","role":"separable prefix of hört","gloss":"stop"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on sein","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"sein","lemma":"sein","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on hört","gloss":"be"}]}]}