by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Ruth Schonthal (1924 - 2006)
Ich will ein Garten sein
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich will ein Garten sein, an dessen Bronnen die vielen Träume neue Blumen brächen, die einen abgesondert und versonnen, und die geeint in schweigsamen Gesprächen. Und wo sie schreiten, über ihren Häupten will ich mit Worten wie mit Wipfeln rauschen, und wo sie ruhen, will ich den Betäubten mit meinem Schweigen in den Schlummer lauschen.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ich will ein Garten sein", appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier [author's text not yet checked 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 Ruth Schonthal (1924 - 2006), "Ich will ein Garten sein", 1941-1946 [ soprano and piano ], from Acht Lieder, no. 6, Southern Music Company [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Tristan Schulze , "Ich will ein Garten sein", 2015 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jörg Ernst Weigand (b. 1940), "Ich will ein Garten sein", published 2023 [ voice and piano ], from Traumtage, p.machinery [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "Ich will ein Garten sein", 1939 [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder: 20 poems from Frühe Gedichte (Rainer Maria Rilke), no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Ruth Schonthal) , "I want to be a garden", copyright ©
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 55
I want to be a garden
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
I want to be a garden in whose fountain [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Ruth Schonthal (1924 - 2006), "I want to be a garden", copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ich will ein Garten sein", appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 57