by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Die Näherin Matches base text
Language: German (Deutsch)
Alle Mädchen erwarten wen, wenn die Bäume in Blüten stehn; wir müssen immer näh'n und näh'n, bis uns die Augen brennen. Unser Singen wird nimmer froh, fürchten uns vor dem Frühling so: finden wir einmal ihn irgendwo, wird er uns nicht mehr erkennen.
Composition:
- Set to music by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Die Näherin", 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 35
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Advent, in Gaben. An verschiedene Freunde
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "The Seamstress", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger) , "La couturière", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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