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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Die falben Felder schlafen schon
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die falben Felder schlafen schon, 
mein Herz nur wacht allein;
der Abend refft im Hafen schon 
sein rotes Segel ein.

Traumselige Vigilie! 
Jetzt wallt die Nacht durchs Land;
der Mond, die weiße Lilie 
blüht auf in ihrer Hand.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Werke, kommentierte Ausgabe in vier Bänden, Band 1 Gedichte 1895 bis 1910, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel und Ulrich Fülleborn, Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1996, page 45.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Erste Gedichte, in Larenopfer, in Vigilien, no. 1 [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 Evelyn Faltis (1897 - 1937), "Vigilie", op. 8 (Sieben Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier) no. 6, published 1921 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Walter Jentsch (1900 - 1979), "Vigilien", op. 2 (Vier Lieder) no. 1 (1937) [ voice and piano ], Berlin : Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Prohaska (1869 - 1927), "Die falben Felder schlafen schon (aus Vigilien)" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Salmhofer (1900 - 1975), "Vigilie", op. 5 no. 2, published 1923, from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 38

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