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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Schau, unsre Tage sind so eng
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Schau, unsre Tage sind so eng
und bang das Nachtgemach; 
wir langen alle ungelenk 
den roten Rosen nach.

Du musst uns milde sein, Marie, 
wir blühn aus deinem Blut,
und du allein kannst wissen, wie
so weh die Sehnsucht tut; 

du hast ja dieses Mädchenweh
der Seele selbst erkannt:
sie fühlt sich an wie Weihnachtsschnee,
und steht doch ganz in Brand . . .

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Werke, kommentierte Ausgabe in vier Bänden, Band 1 Gedichte 1895 bis 1910, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel und Ulrich Fülleborn, Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1996, pages 95-96.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier, in Gebete der Mädchen zu Maria, no. 3 [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 Eduard Erdmann (1896 - 1958), "Schau unsere Tage sind so eng", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1916-18), first performed 1916 [ voice and piano ], Ries & Erler Berlin 1921 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Mädchengebet", op. 102 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2, published 1936 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carita von Horst (1864 - 1935), "Marienlied", published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 4, Berlin: Ed. Bote & G. Bock, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Józef Koffler (1896 - 1944), "Gebet", op. 1 (Two Songs) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Schau, unsre Tage sind so eng", op. 2 no. 1 (1948) [ soprano and string orchestra ], from Gebete der Mädchen zur Maria; ein Lieder-Zyklus nach Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 1, Bärenreiter, Kassel [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Hilda von Siller (1861 - 1945) ; composed by Carita von Horst.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Song to the Virgin Mary", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-05-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 64

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