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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Wie der Wächter in den Weingeländen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Wie der Wächter in den Weingeländen
seine Hütte hat und wacht,
bin ich Hütte, Herr, in deinen Händen
und bin Nacht, o Herr, von deiner Nacht.

Weinberg, Weide, alter Apfelgarten,
Acker, der kein Frühjahr überschlägt,
Feigenbaum, der auch im marmorharten
Grunde hundert Früchte trägt:

Duft geht aus aus deinen runden Zweigen.
Und du fragst nicht, ob ich wachsam sei;
furchtlos, aufgelöst in Säften, steigen
deine Tiefen still an mir vorbei.

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Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Wie der Wächter in den Weingeländen", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 58, first published 1905 [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 Hans Friedrich Micheelsen (1902 - 1973), "Wie der Wächter", published 1934 [ voice and organ ], from Gesänge von der Vergänglichkeit und von der Ewigkeit, no. 3, In: Lobeda – Orgel-Singbuch für Männerchor, Band II [sung text not yet checked]
by Josef Schelb (1894 - 1977), "Wie der Wächter in den Weingeländen", from 3 Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Fritz Franz Schieri (1922 - 2009), "Wie der Wächter in den Weingeländen" [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Philipp Schoeller (1882 - 1977), "Wie der Wächter", copyright © 1942 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Gedichte aus dem Stundenbuch von R. M. Rilke, no. 3, Wien : Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Wunsch (1884 - 1954), "Wie der Wächter in den Weingeländen" [ voice and orchestra ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 2, Rob Forberg Musikverlag GmbH & Co [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Walter A. Aue) , "Like the warden in the vineyard", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Comme le gardien dans les vignobles", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Come il guardiano che in mezzo alla vigna", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-03-06
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Word count: 70

Comme le gardien dans les vignobles

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Comme le  gardien dans les vignobles
a sa hutte et surveille,
je suis hutte, Seigneur, dans ta main
et suis nuit, ô seigneur, de ta nuit.

Vigne, pâturage, vieux verger,
Champ qu'aucun été n'a manqué ;
figuier qui même sur un sol dur
comme le marbre porte cent fruits :

Un parfum s'élève de tes rameaux arrondis.
Et tu ne demandes pas que je sois attentif ;
hardiment, dissoutes dans les sèves, montent
en silence tes profondeurs vers moi.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Wie der Wächter in den Weingeländen", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 58, first published 1905
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This text was added to the website: 2013-01-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 76