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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Gehst du außen Mauern entlang
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Gehst du außen Mauern entlang, 
kannst du die vielen Rosen nicht schauen 
in dem fremden Gartengang; 
aber in deinem tiefen Vertrauen 
darfst du sie fühlen wie nahende Frauen. 

Sicher schreiten sie zwei zu zwein, 
und sie halten sich um die Hüften, - 
und die roten singen allein; 
und dann fallen mit ihren Düften 
leise, leise die weißen ein... 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Frühe Gedichte [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 Fritz Ihlau (1909 - 1995), "Gehst du außen die Mauern entlang" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Clemens Krauss (1893 - 1954), "Gehst du außen Mauern entlang" [ voice and piano ], from Acht Gesänge nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Leila Lustig (b. 1944), "Gehst du aussen Mauern entlang", 2007 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Rosen, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Gehst da aussen die Mauern entlang", op. 8 no. 4, copyright © 1952 [ mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra ], from Rilke-Kreis, no. 4, Kassel : Bärenreiter-Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "Gehst du draussen die Mauern entlang", 1939 [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder: 20 poems from Frühe Gedichte (Rainer Maria Rilke), no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wim Zwaag (b. 1960), "Gehst du aussen Mauern entlang", 2007 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from 10 Songs on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-04-13
Line count: 10
Word count: 57

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