by
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Im Garten meiner Mutter steht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT ENG FRE
Im Garten meiner Mutter steht
Ein weißer Birkenbaum.
Ein leiser Wind im Laube geht,
So leis, man hört ihn kaum.
Meine Mutter in den Wegen geht
Mit Trauer her und hin.
Und in Gedanken suchen geht,
Sie weiß nicht wo ich bin.
Mich treibet eine dunkle Schuld
Umher in Schmach und Not.
Mein Mütterlein, hab Du Geduld
Und denk, ich wäre tot.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Rudolf Brömel (b. 1877), "Im Garten meiner Mutter steht", published 1945-8 [ voice and piano ], from Hermann Hesse Lieder, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Czelinski (1901 - 1969), "Im Garten meiner Mutter steht", 1922-49 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Reinhold Laquai (1894 - 1957), "Im Garten meiner Mutter steht", published 1956?, from Hesse-Lieder für mittlere Stimme, Heft 1, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Im Garten meiner Mutter steht ", 1949 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Al jardí de la meva mare hi ha", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "In the garden of my mother stands", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Il y a dans le jardin de ma mère", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] , Roland Kupper
This text was added to the website: 2008-11-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 62
In the garden of my mother stands
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
In the garden of my mother stands
A white birch tree.
A quiet wind passes through its foliage,
So quietly that one scarcely hears it.
My mother walks on the pathways,
Back and forth in sorrow.
And in her thoughts she searches,
[For] she does not know where I am.
A dark [burden of] guilt drives me
To wander about in disgrace and misery.
My dear mother, exercise patience [waiting for me to come back]
And [in the meantime] imagine that I am dead.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), no title, written 1900
This text was added to the website: 2010-06-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 84