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Leise, leise fällt der Regen . Heimlich singt es in den Gräsern, klingt es in den welken Blättern wie ein Klirren feiner Gläser . . Schimmernd hängen helle Perlen in den weissen Spinneweben, bis sie silbern sich verspritzen. Durch die Zweige flirrt es, sirrt es . . Kleine reine Bäche rinnen, führen windverwehte Blätter aus verblühten Blumenbeeten mit sich auf die Pilgerreise in den menschenleeren Wegen . . Weiches Rieseln in den Steinen . . Leise fällt der Regen, leise . . Klingt im Wind ein Mädchenweinen?
Confirmed with Sehnen und Suchen, Vierte Auflage, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckman & Wetter), 1905, page 163.
Text Authorship:
- by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Regen", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Einkehr und Wende, in Neue Ziele [author's text checked 3 times 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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Regen", op. 76 no. 12 (1932-33?) [ voice and piano ], from Lauluja Albert Sergelin runoihin, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Regen", op. 12 (Vier Gedichte von Albert Sergel) no. 1, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], München: Wunderhornverlag [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Rain", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Sade", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Bertram Kottmann , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2019-06-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 88
Hiljaa lankeaa sade maahan... Salaa se laulaa ruohikossa, kaikuu kuihtuneissa lehdissä kuin hienojen lasien kilinä. Hohtavina riippuvat kirkkaat helmet valkoisissa hämähäkinverkoissa, kunnes ne hopeisina repeilevät. Oksien välistä kimmeltää, solisee... Pienet raikkaat puroset lirisevät, kuljettavat tuulen riistämiä lehtiä kuihtuneista kukkapenkeistä pyhiinvaellusmatkallaan autioille teille, joilla ihminen ei vaella. Kivien pehmeä solina... Hiljaa lankeaa sade maahan, hiljaa... Kuuluuko tuulessa neidon itkua?
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2019 by Erkki Pullinen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Regen", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Einkehr und Wende, in Neue Ziele
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 58