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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Das sind die Stunden, da ich mich finde
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Das sind die Stunden, da ich mich finde.
Dunkel wellen die Wiesen im Winde,
allen Birken schimmert die Rinde,
und der Abend kommt über sie.

Und ich wachse in seinem Schweigen,
möchte blühen mit vielen Zweigen,
nur um mit allen mich einzureigen
in die einige Harmonie...

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 104.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier, in Gebete der Mädchen zu Maria [author's text checked 2 times 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 Dieter Frommlet (b. 1933), "Das sind die Stunden" [ mixed chorus ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 4, Musikverlag Musekater [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Kracke (1910 - 1989), "Das sind die Stunden", published 1967 [ men's chorus ], Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Das sind die Stunden", op. 47 no. 2, published 1972?, from Sechs Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Werner Kupfer , "Das sind die Stunden", 1970 [ voice and strings ], from Lieder, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Nessler , "Das sind die Stunden" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by James Martin Simon (1880 - 1944), "Das sind die Stunden", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 4 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jörg Ernst Weigand (b. 1940), "Das sind die Stunden", published 2023 [ voice and piano ], from Traumtage, p.machinery [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Kinderman) , "Those are the hours", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

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