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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Aus den Gärten komm' ich zu euch, ihr...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
[Aus den Gärten komm' ich zu euch, ihr Söhne des Berges!
Aus den Gärten, da lebt die Natur geduldig und häuslich,
Pflegend und wieder gepflegt mit dem fleißigen Menschen zusammen.
Aber]1 ihr, ihr Herrlichen! steht, wie ein Volk von Titanen
In der zahmeren Welt und gehört nur euch und dem Himmel,
Der euch nährt' und erzog, und der Erde, die euch geboren.
Keiner von euch ist noch in [die Schule der Menschen]2 gegangen,
Und ihr drängt euch fröhlich und frei, [aus der kräftigen]3 Wurzel,
Unter einander herauf und ergreift, wie der Adler die Beute,
Mit [gewaltigem Arme]4 den Raum, und gegen die Wolken
Ist euch heiter und groß die sonnige Krone gerichtet.
Eine Welt ist jeder von euch, wie die Sterne des Himmels
Lebt ihr, jeder ein Gott, in freiem Bunde zusammen.
[Könnt' ich die Knechtschaft nur erdulden, ich neidete nimmer
Diesen Wald und schmiegte mich gern ans gesellige Leben.
Fesselte nur nicht mehr ans gesellige Leben das Herz mich,
Das von Liebe nicht läßt, wie gern würd' ich unter euch wohnen.]1

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   M. Reger 

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1 omitted by Reger.
2 Reger: "der Menschen Schule"
3 Reger: "aus kräftiger"
4 Reger: "gewaltigen Armen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Die Eichbäume", appears in Gedichte 1784-1800 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Henri Marteau (1874 - 1934), "Die Eichbäume", op. 28 (Acht Gesänge) no. 2, published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Ihr, ihr Herrlichen!", op. 75 (Achtzehn Gesänge) no. 6 (1903) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Thomas F. Schubert (b. 1961), "Die Eichbäume" [ high voice and piano ], from Die Landschaft, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johanna Senfter (1879 - 1961), "Eichbäume", op. 120 no. 1 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Gesänge von Hölderlin, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You, you majestic ones!", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-08-17
Line count: 17
Word count: 177

You, you majestic ones!
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 


You, you majestic ones! You stand like a host of titans
from a tamer world, and you belong only to yourselves, to heaven,
who nourished and raised you, and to the Earth, who bore you.
None of you has walked yet in the school of man,
and you spring, joyous and free, from strong roots,
seizing space, like an eagle its prey,
with powerful arms; and to the clouds
you direct your sunny crowns, fine and great.
Each of you is a world, like the stars of the sky
you live, each a god, together in free union.




Note: this is a translation of Reger's version.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Die Eichbäume", appears in Gedichte 1784-1800
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 99

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