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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Und der Engel sprach und gab sich Müh
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE FRE ITA
Und der Engel sprach und gab sich Müh
an dem Mann, der seine Fäuste ballte:
Aber siehst du nicht an jeder Falte,
daß sie kühl ist wie die Gottesfrüh.

Doch der andre sah ihn finster an,
murmelnd nur: Was hat sie so verwandelt?
Doch da schrie der Engel: Zimmermann,
merkst du's noch nicht, daß der Herrgott handelt?

Weil du Bretter machst, in deinem Stolze,
willst du wirklich den zu Rede stelln,
der bescheiden aus dem gleichen Holze
Blätter treiben macht und Knospen schwelln?

Er begriff. Und wie er jetzt die Blicke,
recht erschrocken, zu dem Engel hob,
war der fort. Da schob er seine dicke
Mütze langsam ab. Dann sang er lob.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Argwohn Josephs", appears in Das Marien-Leben, no. 5, first published 1912 [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 Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "Argwohn Josephs", 1950-65 [ soprano and piano ], from Das Marienleben, no. 3, Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Argwohn Josephs", op. 27 no. 5 (1922-3), rev. 1948, from Das Marienleben, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Rütti (b. 1949), "Argwohn Joseph's", 1991 [ mezzo-soprano, harp and piano ], from Das Marien-Leben, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Stadlmair (1929 - 2019), "Argwohn Josefs", 1998 [ soprano and hammered dulcimer ], from Mirjam, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Joseph's suspicion", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Joseph le soupçonneux", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Suspicion de Joseph", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il dubbio di Giuseppe", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 112

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