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Was brausest du über die Felsen geschwind, Du schaumbekränztes, du tolles Kind? Was eilest du ohne Rast und Ruh, Aus den dunklen Bergen der Ebene zu? Deine Wogen, sie singen und rauschen im Traum Und achten der schönen Heimat kaum; Halt ein, halt ein, Du ungestümer, du junger Rhein! Das Waldesdunkel, das Maiengrün, Die Bäume, die schimmernd am Ufer blühn, Der blaue Himmel, die klare Luft, So frisch und würzig von Frühlingsduft, Sie sprechen verlockend und kosend zu dir: "Geh nicht in die Fremde, o bleibe hier!" Halt ein, halt ein, Du ungestümer, du junger Rhein! O, eile nicht schäumend von Ort zu Ort Aus der bergichten Heimat zur Fremde fort, Wo an deinen Ufern der Kampf entbrennt Und bebend man deinen Namen nennt! Hier ahnst du noch nichts von Schlacht und Tod, Kein Blut färbt hier deine Wellen roth; Halt ein, halt ein, Du ungestümer, du junger Rhein!
Confirmed with Vorarlberg. Land und Leute, Geschichte und Sage im Lichte deutscher Dichtung. Eine Blumenlese von Hermann Sander, Innsbruck: Verlag der Wagner'schen Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1891, pages 71-72.
Authorship
- by Marie Valerie von Österreich, Erzherzogin (1868 - 1924), "Der junge Rhein" [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 Otto Ludolfs , "Der junge Rhein", op. 26, published 1889 [ ttbb chorus ], Offenbach: André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Wagner, Dr. , "Der junge Rhein", op. 13 no. 1, published 1886 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Licht & Meyer [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The young Rhine", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-09-03
Line count: 24
Word count: 149
Why do you rush quickly over the rocky crags, You foam-wreathed, you mad child? Why, without rest or pause, do you hasten From the dark mountains to the flatlands? Your waves, they sing and surge in a dream And hardly take note of your lovely homeland; Halt, halt, You impetuous, you youthful Rhine! The forest darkness, the green of May, The trees that blossom shimmering on your banks, The blue sky, the clear air, The scent of spring so fresh and aromatic, Beguilingly and caressingly they speak to you: "Do not go off into foreign parts, oh stay here!" Halt, halt, You impetuous, you youthful Rhine! Oh, do not rush off, foaming from city to city, From your mountainous homeland into foreign lands, Where the battle rages upon your banks And one speaks your name with a trembling! Here you as yet have no suspicion of combat and death, Here no blood colours your waves red; Halt, halt, You impetuous, you youthful Rhine!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Marie Valerie von Österreich, Erzherzogin (1868 - 1924), "Der junge Rhein"
This text was added to the website: 2020-09-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 163