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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
Quietly, quietly the rain falls . . Secretly it sings in the grasses, it rings in the wilted leaves like the clinking of delicate glasses . . Bright pearls hang shimmering in the white spiderwebs, until they splash apart in a flash of silver. Through the branches it glints, it buzzes . . Clear little brooks run, carrying leaves, blown by the wind, from wilted flowerbeds along on its pilgrimage upon the pathways empty of people . . A soft trickling among the stones . . Quietly the rain falls, quietly . . Is the weeping of a maiden sounding in the breeze?
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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: 2024-12-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 104