The maidens in the hillside garden | The maidens in the hillside garden

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Mädchen am Gartenhange

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Die Mädchen am Gartenhange
haben lange gelacht
und mit ihrem Gesange
wie mit weitem Gange
sich müd gemacht.

Die Mädchen bei den Zypressen
zittern: Die Stunde beginnt,
da sie nicht wissen, wessen
alle Dinge sind.

Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Die Mädchen am Gartenhange", written 1898, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Lieder der Mädchen, no. 15 [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 Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Die Mädchen am Gartenhange", op. 20, Heft 2 (Rilke Liederzyklus II (Lieder der Mädchen)) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Peter Escher (1915 - 2008), "Die Mädchen am Gartenhange", 1953 [ women's chorus ], from Lieder der Mädchen, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Hanf (1894 - 1944), "Die Mädchen am Gartenhange" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The maidens in the hillside garden", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-10
Line count: 9
Word count: 35

The maidens in the hillside garden

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The maidens in the hillside garden
have laughed a long time
and with their singing
as with long walks
have tired themselves.

The maidens by the cypresses
shiver:  the hour begins
where they do not know to whom
all things belong.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Die Mädchen am Gartenhange", written 1898, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Lieder der Mädchen, no. 15
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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-29
Line count: 9
Word count: 41