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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Sie reiten über einen erschlagenen Bauer
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Sie reiten über einen erschlagenen Bauer.
Er hat die Augen weit offen und Etwas spiegelt sich drin;
kein Himmel. Später heulen Hunde.
Es kommt also ein Dorf, endlich.
Und über den Hütten steigt steinern ein Schloß.
Breit hält sich ihnen die Brücke hin.
Groß wird das Tor. Hoch willkommt das Horn.
Horch: Poltern, Klirren und Hundegebell!
Wiehern im Hof, Hufschlag und Ruf.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   V. Ullmann 

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, Endgültige Fassung von 1906 Geschrieben 1899, Im Insel-Verlag zu Leipzig.

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Werke. Kommentiere Ausgabe in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel, Ulrich Fülleborn, Horst Nalewski, August Stahl, Band I Gedichte 1895 bis 1910, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel und Ulrich Fülleborn, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1996, page 147.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 13, first published 1906 [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 Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "Sie reiten über einen erschlagenen Bauer", 1918/1919, from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Kornetts Christoph Rilke, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Das Schloß", 1942 [ alto and chamber orchestra ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Casimir von Pászthory (1886 - 1966), "Sie reiten über einen erschlagenen Bauer", 1914, first performed 1914 [ reciter and piano ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 14, Leipzig: Fr. Kistner & C.F.W. Siegel, 1919 [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Der von Langenau schreibt einen Brief, ganz in Gedanken", 1944, published 1995 [ reciter and piano ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, Erster Teil, no. 5, Mainz: Schott Music GmbH & Co.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "The castle", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ils passent à cheval sur un paysan", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 62

Ils passent à cheval sur un paysan
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Ils passent à cheval sur un paysan abattu.
Il a les yeux ouverts et quelque chose s'y reflète ;
pas le ciel. Plus tard les chiens aboient.
Ils arrivent enfin à un village.
Et au-dessus des huttes se dresse un château de pierre.
Un large pont se présente à eux.
Le portail est grand. le cor sonne haut la bienvenue.
Écoute : tapage, cliquetis, aboiement des chiens !
Hennissements dans la cour, piétinement des chevaux et cris.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Pierre Mathé, (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, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 13, first published 1906
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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-02
Line count: 9
Word count: 74

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