Im Treibhaus

Hochgewölbte Blätterkronen,
Baldachine von Smaragd,
Kinder ihr aus fernen Zonen,
Saget mir, warum ihr klagt?

Schweigend neiget ihr die Zweige,
Malet Zeichen in die Luft,
Und der Leiden stummer Zeuge
Steiget aufwärts, süßer Duft.

Weit in sehnendem Verlangen
Breitet ihr die Arme aus,
Und umschlinget wahnbefangen
Öder Leere nicht'gen Graus.

Wohl, ich weiß es, arme Pflanze;
Ein Geschicke teilen wir,
Ob umstrahlt von Licht und Glanze,
Unsre Heimat ist nicht hier!

Und wie froh die Sonne scheidet
Von des Tages leerem Schein,
Hüllet der, der wahrhaft leidet,
Sich in Schweigens Dunkel ein.

Stille wird's, ein säuselnd Weben
Füllet bang den dunklen Raum:
Schwere Tropfen seh ich schweben
An der Blätter grünem Saum.

Authorship

by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828-1902) , title unknown

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner (1813-1883) , "Im Treibhaus", published 1862 [female voice and piano or orchestra], from Wesendonck-Lieder, no. 3, Mainz, Schott, also set in French

by (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner (1813-1883) , "Dans la serre", published 1889 [female voice and piano], from Cinq Poèmes, no. 3, Mainz, Schott, also set in German

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In the hothouse", copyright ©
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Nella serra", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Guy Laffaille) , "Dans la serre", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Salvador Pila) , "Dins l'hivernacle", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
RUS Russian (Elena Danilova) , "V teplice", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "I drivhuset", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "I drivhuset", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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