In the garden of the nunnery | Through flowerbeds I see two nuns walking quietly

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by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Im Klostergarten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich seh durch Beete still zwei Nonnen gehn
Und am Rundell bei einer Rose stehn.
Da beugt die große langsam sich zum Kuß
Zur Blume hin und gibt des Mundes Gruß
Der Schwester weiter, die die Augen senkt,
Bis eine Glocke nach dem Chor sie lenkt.

Confirmed with Hans Heinrich Ehrler, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Verlag Strecker und Schröder, 1919, pages 66-67.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), "Im Klostergarten", appears in Gedichte, in Die Menschen [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by Margarete Schweikert (1887 - 1957), "Im Klostergarten" [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In the garden of the nunnery", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-20
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Word count: 46

In the garden of the nunnery

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Through flowerbeds I see two nuns walking quietly
And stopping at a round bed beside a rose.
Then the tall nun slowly bends down to place a kiss
Upon the flower and passes the greeting of her lips 
To her Sister, who lowers her eyes,
Until a bell directs them to the chancel.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), "Im Klostergarten", appears in Gedichte, in Die Menschen
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-06
Line count: 6
Word count: 53