{"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":"klage-um-antinous","title":{"source":"Klage um Antinous","translated":"Lament for Antinous"},"section":"New Poems: The Other Part","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/klage-um-antinous","lines":12},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/die-insel-der-sirenen","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-tod-der-geliebten","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":"klage-um-antinous-s1-l1","source":"Keiner begriff mir von euch den bithynischen Knaben","translation":"None of you grasped for me the Bithynian boy","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/klage-um-antinous-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"begriff mir","title":"An emotionally involved dative","body":"Begriff is the simple past of begreifen, 'to grasp, to comprehend'. The mir here is not the direct object of the verb but an ethical dative, an added 'for me, on my behalf' that places the speaker inside the action."}],"words":[{"surface":"Keiner","lemma":"keiner","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on begriff","gloss":"none"},{"surface":"begriff","lemma":"begreifen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"grasped"},{"surface":"mir","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, dative, singular","role":"depends on begriff","gloss":"for me"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on begriff","gloss":"of"},{"surface":"euch","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"pronoun, dative, plural","role":"depends on von","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Knaben","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"bithynischen","lemma":"bithynisch","morphology":"adjective, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Knaben","gloss":"Bithynian"},{"surface":"Knaben","lemma":"Knabe","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on begriff","gloss":"boy"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"klage-um-antinous-s1-l2","source":"(daß ihr den Strom anfaßtet und von ihm hübt...).","translation":"(that you might lay hold of the river and lift him from it...).","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/klage-um-antinous-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"anfaßtet","title":"A separable verb, subjunctive","body":"Anfaßtet comes from the separable verb anfassen, 'to take hold of, to grasp', with the prefix an- rejoined in this finite form. Following daß, it reads as an unreal wish: 'that you might take hold of the stream'."},{"kind":"grammar","term":"hübt","title":"An old form of heben","body":"Hübt is an archaic Konjunktiv II form of the strong verb heben, 'to lift, to raise'; modern German would write höbe. Paired with anfaßtet, it completes the unreal wish: und von ihm hübt, 'and might lift him from it'."}],"words":[{"surface":"daß","lemma":"daß","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on anfaßtet","gloss":"that"},{"surface":"ihr","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"depends on anfaßtet","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Strom","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Strom","lemma":"Strom","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on anfaßtet","gloss":"river"},{"surface":"anfaßtet","lemma":"anfassen","morphology":"verb, past, subjunctive, second-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"might grasp","note":"Archaic ß-spelling of 'anfasstet'; subjunctive expressing an unfulfilled wish."},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on anfaßtet","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on hübt","gloss":"from"},{"surface":"ihm","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on von","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"hübt","lemma":"heben","morphology":"verb, past, subjunctive, second-person, plural","role":"depends on und","gloss":"might lift"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"klage-um-antinous-s1-l3","source":"Ich verwöhnte ihn zwar. Und dennoch: wir haben","translation":"True, I indulged him. And yet: we have","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/klage-um-antinous-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"verwöhnen","title":"To spoil or indulge","body":"Verwöhnte is the simple past of verwöhnen, 'to spoil, to indulge, to pamper'. Zwar concedes a point, 'admittedly, it is true', and is answered here by dennoch, 'and yet', in the same line."}],"words":[{"surface":"Ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on verwöhnte","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"verwöhnte","lemma":"verwöhnen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"indulged"},{"surface":"ihn","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on verwöhnte","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"zwar","lemma":"zwar","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on verwöhnte","gloss":"indeed"},{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on haben","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"dennoch","lemma":"dennoch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on haben","gloss":"yet"},{"surface":"wir","lemma":"wir","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"depends on haben","gloss":"we"},{"surface":"haben","lemma":"haben","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"have"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"klage-um-antinous-s1-l4","source":"ihn nur mit Schwere erfüllt und für immer getrübt.","translation":"only filled him with heaviness and clouded him forever.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/klage-um-antinous-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"die Schwere","title":"Weight or heaviness","body":"Die Schwere means 'heaviness, weight, gravity', from the adjective schwer, 'heavy'. Mit Schwere erfüllt means 'filled with heaviness'; mit takes the dative, and erfüllt is the past participle of erfüllen, 'to fill'."},{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"getrübt","title":"Clouded or dimmed","body":"Getrübt is the past participle of trüben, 'to cloud, to dim, to make turbid', used of water losing its clearness or a light growing dull. Für immer getrübt means 'clouded forever', paired here with mit Schwere erfüllt, 'filled with heaviness'."}],"words":[{"surface":"ihn","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on erfüllt","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"nur","lemma":"nur","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on erfüllt","gloss":"only"},{"surface":"mit","lemma":"mit","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on erfüllt","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"Schwere","lemma":"Schwere","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on mit","gloss":"heaviness"},{"surface":"erfüllt","lemma":"erfüllen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"filled"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on erfüllt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"für","lemma":"für","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on getrübt","gloss":"for"},{"surface":"immer","lemma":"immer","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on getrübt","gloss":"ever"},{"surface":"getrübt","lemma":"trüben","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on und","gloss":"clouded"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"klage-um-antinous-s2-l1","source":"Wer vermag denn zu lieben? Wer kann es?–Noch keiner.","translation":"Who, then, is able to love? Who can?—No one yet.","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/klage-um-antinous-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"vermag … zu lieben","title":"Vermögen plus an infinitive","body":"Vermag is the present tense of vermögen, a formal verb meaning 'to be able to, to have the power to'; it takes zu plus an infinitive, so vermag zu lieben means 'is able to love'. The question is then restated plainly as Wer kann es, 'who can do it'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Wer","lemma":"wer","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on vermag","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"vermag","lemma":"vermögen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"is able"},{"surface":"denn","lemma":"denn","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on vermag","gloss":"then"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on lieben","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"lieben","lemma":"lieben","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on vermag","gloss":"love"},{"surface":"Wer","lemma":"wer","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on kann","gloss":"who"},{"surface":"kann","lemma":"können","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"can"},{"surface":"es?–Noch","lemma":"es / noch","morphology":"pronoun (es) + adverb (noch), merged token","role":"depends on kann","gloss":"it — yet","note":"The tagger merged two words across the dash: 'es' (it, object of kann) and 'noch' (yet, modifying keiner)."},{"surface":"keiner","lemma":"keiner","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on kann","gloss":"no one"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"klage-um-antinous-s2-l2","source":"Und so hab ich unendliches Weh getan–.","translation":"And so I have done endless harm—.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/klage-um-antinous-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Weh getan","title":"To cause pain","body":"Weh tun, sometimes written wehtun, means 'to hurt, to cause pain', built on das Weh, 'woe, ache'. Ich habe Weh getan means 'I have caused pain', and unendliches Weh raises it to 'endless hurt' or 'infinite harm'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on hab","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"so","lemma":"so","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on hab","gloss":"so"},{"surface":"hab","lemma":"haben","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"have"},{"surface":"ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on hab","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"unendliches","lemma":"unendlich","morphology":"adjective, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Weh","gloss":"endless"},{"surface":"Weh","lemma":"Weh","morphology":"noun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on hab","gloss":"harm"},{"surface":"getan–.","lemma":"tun","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"done"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"klage-um-antinous-s2-l3","source":"Nun ist er am Nil der stillenden Götter einer,","translation":"Now by the Nile he is one of the assuaging gods,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/klage-um-antinous-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"die stillenden Götter","title":"To soothe or quiet","body":"Stillend is the present participle of stillen, 'to soothe, to quiet, to assuage', as of a thirst or pain. Der stillenden Götter einer means 'one of the soothing gods', with the genitive plural phrase placed before einer, 'one'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Nun","lemma":"nun","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"now"},{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"am","lemma":"an","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"by the"},{"surface":"Nil","lemma":"Nil","morphology":"noun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on am","gloss":"Nile"},{"surface":"der","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, genitive, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Götter","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"stillenden","lemma":"stillend","morphology":"adjective, genitive, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Götter","gloss":"assuaging"},{"surface":"Götter","lemma":"Gott","morphology":"noun, genitive, masculine, plural","role":"depends on einer","gloss":"gods"},{"surface":"einer","lemma":"einer","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"one"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"klage-um-antinous-s2-l4","source":"und ich weiß kaum welcher und kann ihm nicht nahn.","translation":"and I scarcely know which one, and cannot draw near to him.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/klage-um-antinous-s2-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"nahn","title":"A shortened poetic verb","body":"Nahn is the shortened, poetic form of nahen, 'to approach, to draw near', cut to fit the verse line. It takes a dative object, so kann ihm nicht nahn means 'cannot draw near to him'."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on weiß","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on weiß","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"weiß","lemma":"wissen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"know"},{"surface":"kaum","lemma":"kaum","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on weiß","gloss":"scarcely"},{"surface":"welcher","lemma":"welcher","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on weiß","gloss":"which one"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on weiß","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"kann","lemma":"können","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"can"},{"surface":"ihm","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on nahn","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on kann","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"nahn","lemma":"nahen","morphology":"verb, infinitive","role":"depends on kann","gloss":"draw near"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"klage-um-antinous-s3-l1","source":"Und ihr warfet ihn noch, Wahnsinnige, bis in die Sterne,","translation":"And you flung him even up among the stars, you madmen,","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/klage-um-antinous-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"warfet","title":"Past tense of werfen","body":"Warfet is the simple past, second person plural, of the strong verb werfen, 'to throw, to fling': 'you flung'. Bis in die Sterne means 'all the way up into the stars', marking the far endpoint of the throw."},{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"Wahnsinnige","title":"Madmen or the insane","body":"Wahnsinnige means 'madmen, the insane', from der Wahnsinn, 'madness'. It stands in apposition as a form of direct address, so the sentence calls its addressees 'you madmen' alongside the main statement."}],"words":[{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on warfet","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"ihr","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"depends on warfet","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"warfet","lemma":"werfen","morphology":"verb, past, indicative, second-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"flung"},{"surface":"ihn","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on warfet","gloss":"him"},{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on warfet","gloss":"even"},{"surface":"Wahnsinnige","lemma":"Wahnsinnige","morphology":"noun, nominative, plural","role":"depends on ihr","gloss":"madmen"},{"surface":"bis","lemma":"bis","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on in","gloss":"up to"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on bis","gloss":"among"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on Sterne","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Sterne","lemma":"Stern","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on in","gloss":"stars"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"klage-um-antinous-s3-l2","source":"damit ich euch rufe und dränge: meint ihr den?","translation":"so that I would call to you and press you: do you mean that one?","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/klage-um-antinous-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"damit ich euch rufe","title":"A purpose clause","body":"Damit means 'so that, in order that' and, as a subordinating conjunction, sends its verbs to the clause's end: damit ich euch rufe und dränge means 'so that I call to you and press you'. Dränge comes from drängen, 'to press, to urge'."}],"words":[{"surface":"damit","lemma":"damit","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on rufe","gloss":"so that"},{"surface":"ich","lemma":"ich","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, singular","role":"depends on rufe","gloss":"I"},{"surface":"euch","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, plural","role":"depends on rufe","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"rufe","lemma":"rufen","morphology":"verb, present, subjunctive, first-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"would call"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on rufe","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"dränge","lemma":"drängen","morphology":"verb, present, subjunctive, first-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"press"},{"surface":"meint","lemma":"meinen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, second-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"do...mean"},{"surface":"ihr","lemma":"ihr","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"depends on meint","gloss":"you"},{"surface":"den","lemma":"der","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on meint","gloss":"that one"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"klage-um-antinous-s3-l3","source":"Was ist er nicht einfach ein Toter. Er wäre es gerne.","translation":"Why is he not simply a dead man. He would gladly be.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/klage-um-antinous-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"Was ist er nicht","title":"Was used to mean why","body":"Here was is used in an older sense equivalent to warum, 'why, for what reason'. Was ist er nicht einfach ein Toter means 'why is he not simply a dead man'. Ein Toter is a nominalized adjective meaning 'a dead man'."},{"kind":"grammar","term":"Er wäre es gerne","title":"An unreal wish, subjunctive","body":"Wäre is the Konjunktiv II of sein, 'to be', meaning 'would be'. Es stands in for ein Toter, 'a dead man', and gerne means 'gladly', so er wäre es gerne means 'he would gladly be one'. The subjunctive marks this as unreal."}],"words":[{"surface":"Was","lemma":"was","morphology":"adverb (interrogative, = 'why')","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"why"},{"surface":"ist","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"is"},{"surface":"er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"einfach","lemma":"einfach","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"simply"},{"surface":"ein","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on Toter","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"Toter","lemma":"Toter","morphology":"noun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on ist","gloss":"dead man"},{"surface":"Er","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"he"},{"surface":"wäre","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"would be"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"gerne","lemma":"gerne","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"gladly"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"klage-um-antinous-s3-l4","source":"Und vielleicht wäre ihm nichts geschehn.","translation":"And perhaps nothing would have happened to him.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/klage-um-antinous-s3-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"wäre ihm nichts geschehn","title":"Past subjunctive with sein","body":"Wäre geschehn is the past Konjunktiv II of geschehen, 'to happen, to befall', shortened from geschehen for the verse; this verb forms its perfect tenses with sein. Ihm is the dative of the person affected, so wäre ihm nichts geschehn means 'nothing would have happened to him'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"vielleicht","lemma":"vielleicht","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"perhaps"},{"surface":"wäre","lemma":"sein","morphology":"auxiliary verb, past, subjunctive, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"would have"},{"surface":"ihm","lemma":"er","morphology":"pronoun, dative, masculine, singular","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"to him"},{"surface":"nichts","lemma":"nichts","morphology":"pronoun, neuter","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"nothing"},{"surface":"geschehn","lemma":"geschehen","morphology":"verb, participle","role":"depends on wäre","gloss":"happened"}]}]}