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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Oft scheinst du mir ein Kind, ein...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Oft scheinst du mir ein Kind, ein kleines, -
dann fühl ich mich so ernst und alt, -
wenn nur ganz leis dein glockenreines
Gelächter in mir widerhallt.

Wenn dann in großem Kinderstaunen
dein Auge aufgeht, tief und heiß, -
möcht ich dich küssen und dir raunen
die schönsten Märchen, die ich weiß. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Traumgekrönt, in Lieben, no. 15 [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 Siegfried Fournes (1896 - 1932), "Oft scheinst du mir ein Kind", copyright © 1978 [ voice and piano ], from Gesamtausgabe der Lieder von Siegfried Fournes, no. 20, Steinkirchen : G. Fournes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Kurt Pahlen (1907 - 2003), "Oft scheinst Du mir ein Kind", 1927 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Lieder nach Gedichten von Rilke, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Uwe Strübing (b. 1956), "Oft scheinst du mir ein Kind", op. 102 no. 9 (2009) [ voice and piano ], from „…zu jenem tiefsten Grunde des Tönens…“. 9 Lieder für Stimme und Klavier, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-07-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 50

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