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When Mary thro' the garden went, There was no sound of any bird, And yet, because the night was spent, The little grasses lightly stirred, The flowers awoke, the lilies heard. When Mary thro' the garden went, The dew lay still on flower and grass, The waving palms above her sent Their fragrance out as she did pass. No light upon [the]1 branches was. When Mary thro' the garden went, Her eyes, for weeping long, were dim. The grass beneath her footsteps bent, The solemn lilies, white and slim, These also stood and wept for Him. When Mary thro' the garden went, She sought, within the garden ground, One for Whom her heart was rent, One Who for her sake was bound, One Who sought and she was found.
1 Stanford: "their"
Text Authorship:
- by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861 - 1907), "When Mary thro' the garden went", appears in Poems, no. 70, first published 1907 [author's text not yet checked 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 Percy Charles Judd (1892 - ?), "When Mary thro' the garden went", published 1925 [ SSA chorus or unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "When Mary thro' the garden went", op. 127 (Eight partsongs) no. 3, published 1912 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Martin Stock) , "Als Maria durch den Garten ging", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Martin Stock
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 130
Als Maria durch den Garten ging schwiegen alle Vögel; Und doch, da die Nacht vorüber war, bewegte sich das Gras ein wenig, die Blumen erwachten, die Lilien lauschten. Als Maria durch den Garten ging lag der Tau auf Blumen und Gras. Die sanft bewegten Palmen verströmten ihren Duft als sie vorüberging. Kein Licht lag auf ihren Zweigen. Als Maria durch den Garten ging waren ihre Augen vom vielen Weinen trüb. Das Gras neigte sich unter ihrem Schritt, die ernsten Lilien, weiß und schlank, sie weinten auch um Ihn. Als Maria durch den Garten ging suchte sie in diesem Garten einen, um dessen Willen ihr Herz brach, einen, der ihr zum Heil gefesselt ward, einen, der suchte -- und sie ward gefunden.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2002 by Martin Stock, (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.
Based on:
- a text in English by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861 - 1907), "When Mary thro' the garden went", appears in Poems, no. 70, first published 1907
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 121