by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG ENG FRE ITA LIT NOR POR SPA
Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen,
Bald werden sie wieder nach Hause gelangen,
Der Tag ist schön, o sei nicht bang,
Sie machen nur einen weiten Gang.

Ja wohl, sie sind nur ausgegangen,
Und werden jetzt nach [Haus]1 gelangen,
O, sei nicht bang, der Tag ist schön,
Sie [machen den]2 Gang zu jenen Höh'n.

Sie sind uns nur voraus gegangen,
Und werden nicht [hier]3 nach [Haus]1 verlangen,
Wir holen sie ein auf jenen Höh'n
Im Sonnenschein, der Tag is [schön]4.

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•   G. Mahler 

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1 Mahler: "Hause"
2 Mahler: "machen nur den"
3 Mahler: "wieder"
4 Mahler: "schön auf jenen Höh'n"

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

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Sovint penso que només han sortit a fora", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Often I think that they have only stepped out", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (David Paley) , "I think they have gone for just a moment", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Spesso penso che siano solo usciti!", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Tikiu, kad tik mirksniui paliko jie mus", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Paulo Albuquerque de Noronha) , "Frequentemente penso que eles só saíram", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Elena María Accinelli) , "A menudo pienso que sólo han salido un instante", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 81

Often I think that they have only stepped out
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Often I think that they have only stepped out -
and that soon they will reach home again.
The day is fair - O don't be afraid -
They are only taking a long walk.

Yes: they have only stepped out
and will now return home.
O don't be anxious - the day is fair.
They [are taking]1 a walk to those hills.

They have simply gone on ahead:
they will not wish to return [home]2.
We'll catch up to them on those hills.
In the sunshine the day is [fair]3.

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Mahler: "are only taking"
2 Mahler: "home again"
3 Mahler: "fair upon those hills"

Text Authorship:

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

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 87