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Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen, Bald werden sie wieder nach Hause gelangen, Der Tag ist schön, o sei nicht bang, Sie machen nur einen weiten Gang. Ja wohl, sie sind nur ausgegangen, Und werden jetzt nach [Haus]1 gelangen, O, sei nicht bang, der Tag ist schön, Sie [machen den]2 Gang zu jenen Höh'n. Sie sind uns nur voraus gegangen, Und werden nicht [hier]3 nach [Haus]1 verlangen, Wir holen sie ein auf jenen Höh'n Im Sonnenschein, der Tag is [schön]4.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Mahler: "Hause"
2 Mahler: "machen nur den"
3 Mahler: "wieder"
4 Mahler: "schön auf jenen Höh'n"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Kindertodtenlieder, in Trost und Erhebung [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 Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen", 1902, from Kindertotenlieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Sovint penso que només han sortit a fora", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Often I think that they have only stepped out", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (David Paley) , "I think they have gone for just a moment", copyright © 2012, (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) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Spesso penso che siano solo usciti!", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Tikiu, kad tik mirksniui paliko jie mus", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Paulo Albuquerque de Noronha) , "Frequentemente penso que eles só saíram", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elena María Accinelli) , "A menudo pienso que sólo han salido un instante", copyright © 2005, (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.
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Word count: 81
Frequentemente penso que eles só saíram, e brevemente voltarão pra casa. O dia está lindo, não fique triste, Eles estão apenas dando um passeio longo. Sim, eles só saíram, E voltarão pra casa agora, Ó, não fique triste, o dia está bonito, Eles estão só passeando até aquelas colinas. Eles apenas continuaram a andar, E não irão mais voltar pra casa. Nós os alcançaremos naquelas colinas, sob o brilho do sol, o dia está lindo naquelas colinas.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Portuguese (Português) copyright © 2019 by Paulo Albuquerque de Noronha, (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 Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Kindertodtenlieder, in Trost und Erhebung
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 77