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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Als du mich einst gefunden hast
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Als du mich einst gefunden hast,
da war ich klein, so klein,
und blühte wie ein Lindenast
[nur]1 still in dich hinein.

Vor Kleinheit war ich namenlos
und sehnte mich so hin,
bis du mir sagst, dass ich zu groß
für jeden Namen bin:

Da fühl ich, dass ich eines bin
mit Myrthe, Mai und Meer,
und wie der Duft des Weines bin
ich deiner Seele schwer...

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1 Pejačević: "so"

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Als du mich einst gefunden hast", written 1898, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mädchen-Gestalten, no. 1 [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 Werner Bitter (b. 1899), "Als du mich einst gefunden hast", op. 6 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1929 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner & Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lukas Haselböck , "Als du mich einst gefunden hast", 1996 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Walter Kupfer (1894 - 1962), "Als du mich einst gefunden" [ soprano and piano ], from Mädchengestalten, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Dora Pejačević (1885 - 1923), "Als du mich einst gefunden hast", op. 42 no. 1 (1916) [ voice and piano ], from Mädchengestalten, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Quand tu m'as trouvé, il y a longtemps", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

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