When during holy rest in deep meadows | When during holy rest in deep meadows

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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wenn sich bei heilger ruh in tiefen...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

Wenn sich bei heilger ruh in tiefen matten
Um unsre schläfen unsre hände schmiegen ·
Verehrung lindert unsrer glieder brand:
So denke nicht der ungestalten schatten
Die an der wand sich auf und unter wiegen ·
Der wächter nicht die rasch uns scheiden dürfen
Und nicht dass vor der stadt der weisse sand
Bereit ist unser warmes blut zu schlürfen.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Schoenberg

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Stefan George, Die Bücher der Hirten- und Preisgedichte, der Sagen und Sänge und der hängenden Gärten. Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 3, Berlin, 1930, page 109.

Text Authorship:

by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Wenn sich bei heilger ruh in tiefen matten", op. 15 no. 12 (1908-9), from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Quan en el sacre repòs de les prades profundes", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "When during holy rest in deep meadows", copyright © 2017, (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) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Quando nel beato riposo, fra le spesse stuoie", copyright © 2009, (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: 8
Word count: 60

When during holy rest in deep meadows

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When during holy rest in deep meadows 
Our hands lie caressingly about each other’s brows,
[When] veneration cools the burning in our limbs:
Then think not of the shapeless shadows,
Which rise and fall upon the wall,
[Think] not of the watchmen, who are permitted to part us abruptly
And [think] not that the white sand outside the city
Is ready to drink our warm blood.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten
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This text was added to the website: 2017-04-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 66