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Will dir den Frühling zeigen, der hundert Wunder hat. Der Frühling ist waldeigen und kommt nicht in die Stadt. Nur die weit aus den kalten Gassen zu zweien gehn und sich bei den Händen halten - dürfen ihn einmal sehn.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke,R.M.,Gesammelte Werke (Gedichte), Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH, 2020
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Advent, in Funde, no. 11 [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 Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "Will dir den Frühling zeigen", 1927, published 1929 [ soprano and piano ], from Rilke Lieder, no. 9, from Rilke-Lieder, no. 17, Wien : Edition Vienna, Rudolf Jamnig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegfried Fournes (1896 - 1932), "Will dir den Frühling zeigen", copyright © 1978 [ voice and piano ], from Gesamtausgabe der Lieder von Siegfried Fournes, no. 14, Steinkirchen : G. Fournes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Füglistaller , "Will dir den Frühling zeigen", op. 24 (Sieben Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke) no. 1, published 1936 [ voice and piano ], Köln : Tischer & Jagenberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Will dir den Frühling zeigen", op. 56 no. 27 [ voice and piano ], from 27 Lieder zu Gedichte von R. M. Rilke, no. 27 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Maria Klafsky (1877 - 1965), "Will dir den Frühling zeigen", published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 4, Edition Vienna No. 39-42; Wien : Vienna-Edition, Rudolf Jamnig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ignace Lilien (1897 - 1964), "Wiener Walzer", 1922, copyright © 1960 [ low voice or medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von R.M. Rilke, no. 4, Amsterdam : Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by René Matthes (1897 - 1967), "Will dir den Frühling" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ursula Milthaler (1905 - 1982), "Frühling" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Mohler (1908 - 1982), "Will dir den Frühling zeigen", op. 2, Heft 1 (1932) [ high voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Schoeller (1882 - 1977), "Will dir den Frühling zeigen", c1930 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach verschiedenen Dichtern, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jörg Ernst Weigand (b. 1940), "Will dir den Frühling zeigen", 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 (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 39
I will show you the Spring, Which has a hundred wonders. The Spring is the forest’s own And doesn’t come into the city. Only by walking out, away from The lanes, two together, And taking each other by the hand – Are they only once allowed to see it.
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Translations of titles:
"Frühling" = "Spring"
"Wiener Walzer" = "Viennes Waltzes"
"Will dir den Frühling" = "I Will the Spring"
"Will dir den Frühling zeigen" = "I Will Show You the Spring"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2026 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Advent, in Funde, no. 11
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 49