{"work":{"slug":"rilke","title":{"source":"Neue Gedichte","translated":"New Poems"},"author":"Rainer Maria Rilke","language":"German","languageCode":"de","url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke"},"unit":{"kind":"poem","number":null,"id":"das-kind","title":{"source":"Das Kind","translated":"The Child"},"section":"New Poems: The Other Part","summary":null,"url":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/das-kind","lines":12},"previous":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-ball","next":"https://1732studios.com/books/rilke/der-hund","license":"Source text: public domain (Rainer Maria Rilke, died 1926; Neue Gedichte published 1907 and 1908), from Wikisource. English translation and notes: © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC. Narration: synthesized for this edition.","audioBase":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/","lines":[{"number":1,"label":"1","id":"das-kind-s1-l1","source":"Unwillkürlich sehn sie seinem Spiel","translation":"Unwittingly they watch its play","stanza":1,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-kind-s1-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"sehn … seinem Spiel … zu","title":"Separable verb split by the line","body":"sehn is short for zusehen, 'to watch, to look on', a separable verb whose prefix zu is split off and appears at the start of the next line. zusehen takes a dative object: seinem Spiel, 'its play'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Unwillkürlich","lemma":"unwillkürlich","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on sehn","gloss":"unwittingly"},{"surface":"sehn","lemma":"zusehen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"watch","note":"Separable verb 'zusehen' (to watch, look on) — its prefix 'zu' appears split off at the start of the next line."},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"subject of sehn","gloss":"they"},{"surface":"seinem","lemma":"sein","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Spiel","gloss":"its"},{"surface":"Spiel","lemma":"Spiel","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on sehn","gloss":"play"}]},{"number":2,"label":"2","id":"das-kind-s1-l2","source":"lange zu; zuweilen tritt das runde","translation":"a long while; at times the round","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-kind-s1-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"zuweilen tritt","title":"Stranded prefix from the line before","body":"This zu is the separable prefix of zusehen, 'to watch', carried over by the line break from sehn in the line before. zuweilen tritt, 'at times steps', begins the next clause with a different verb, treten."}],"words":[{"surface":"lange","lemma":"lange","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on sehn","gloss":"a long while"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"particle, separable verb prefix","role":"depends on sehn","gloss":"on","note":"Separable prefix of 'zusehen' (to watch/look on), split by the line break from 'sehn' in the previous line."},{"surface":"zuweilen","lemma":"zuweilen","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on tritt","gloss":"at times"},{"surface":"tritt","lemma":"treten","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"steps"},{"surface":"das","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gesicht","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"runde","lemma":"rund","morphology":"adjective, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gesicht","gloss":"round"}]},{"number":3,"label":"3","id":"das-kind-s1-l3","source":"seiende Gesicht aus dem Profil,","translation":"existing face steps out of the profile,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-kind-s1-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"seiende","title":"Present participle of to be","body":"seiende is the present participle of sein, 'to be', used as an adjective meaning 'existing, being'. das runde seiende Gesicht means 'the round, existing face', naming a face simply by the fact that it exists."}],"words":[{"surface":"seiende","lemma":"seiend","morphology":"verb, present participle, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Gesicht","gloss":"existing","note":"Attributive present participle of 'sein' (to be): 'the existing/being face.'"},{"surface":"Gesicht","lemma":"Gesicht","morphology":"noun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of tritt","gloss":"face"},{"surface":"aus","lemma":"aus","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on tritt","gloss":"out of"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Profil","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Profil","lemma":"Profil","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on aus","gloss":"profile"}]},{"number":4,"label":"4","id":"das-kind-s1-l4","source":"klar und ganz wie eine volle Stunde,","translation":"clear and whole like a full hour,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-kind-s1-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"eine volle Stunde","title":"Adjective agreeing with hour","body":"volle is the adjective voll, 'full', agreeing with the feminine noun Stunde, 'hour'. wie eine volle Stunde means 'like a full hour', a complete unit of time."}],"words":[{"surface":"klar","lemma":"klar","morphology":"adjective, uninflected, predicate","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"clear"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on klar","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"ganz","lemma":"ganz","morphology":"adjective, uninflected, predicate","role":"depends on und","gloss":"whole"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on klar","gloss":"like"},{"surface":"eine","lemma":"ein","morphology":"determiner, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Stunde","gloss":"a"},{"surface":"volle","lemma":"voll","morphology":"adjective, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on Stunde","gloss":"full"},{"surface":"Stunde","lemma":"Stunde","morphology":"noun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on wie","gloss":"hour"}]},{"number":5,"label":"5","id":"das-kind-s2-l1","source":"welche anhebt und zu Ende schlägt.","translation":"which lifts and strikes itself to its end.","stanza":2,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-kind-s2-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"welche anhebt … schlägt","title":"Present tense, begins and strikes","body":"anhebt is the present tense, third-person singular, of anheben, 'to lift, to begin, to strike up'. welche anhebt und zu Ende schlägt means 'which begins and strikes itself to its end', a single continuous stretch of time."}],"words":[{"surface":"welche","lemma":"welcher","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular","role":"subject of anhebt","gloss":"which"},{"surface":"anhebt","lemma":"anheben","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"lifts"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on anhebt","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"zu","lemma":"zu","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on schlägt","gloss":"to"},{"surface":"Ende","lemma":"Ende","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on zu","gloss":"an end"},{"surface":"schlägt","lemma":"schlagen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on und","gloss":"strikes"}]},{"number":6,"label":"6","id":"das-kind-s2-l2","source":"Doch die andern zählen nicht die Schläge,","translation":"Yet the others do not count the strokes,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-kind-s2-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"die Schläge","title":"Plural noun for clock strokes","body":"Schläge is the accusative plural of Schlag, 'stroke, blow', here the strokes of a clock. Doch die andern zählen nicht die Schläge means 'yet the others do not count the strokes'."}],"words":[{"surface":"Doch","lemma":"doch","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on zählen","gloss":"yet"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, nominative, plural","role":"depends on andern","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"andern","lemma":"anderer","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"subject of zählen","gloss":"others"},{"surface":"zählen","lemma":"zählen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"count"},{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on zählen","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"die","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, accusative, plural","role":"depends on Schläge","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"Schläge","lemma":"Schlag","morphology":"noun, accusative, masculine, plural","role":"depends on zählen","gloss":"strokes"}]},{"number":7,"label":"7","id":"das-kind-s2-l3","source":"trüb von Mühsal und vom Leben träge;","translation":"dulled by toil and sluggish with living,","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-kind-s2-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"trüb … träge","title":"Two predicate adjectives, dulled and sluggish","body":"trüb and träge are predicate adjectives meaning 'dulled, dim' and 'sluggish, listless'. trüb von Mühsal und vom Leben träge means 'dulled by toil and sluggish with living', both describing the same unstated subject."}],"words":[{"surface":"trüb","lemma":"trüb","morphology":"adjective, uninflected, predicate","role":"depends on träge","gloss":"dulled"},{"surface":"von","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on trüb","gloss":"by"},{"surface":"Mühsal","lemma":"Mühsal","morphology":"noun, dative, feminine, singular","role":"depends on von","gloss":"toil"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on träge","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"vom","lemma":"von","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on träge","gloss":"with"},{"surface":"Leben","lemma":"Leben","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on vom","gloss":"living"},{"surface":"träge","lemma":"träge","morphology":"adjective, uninflected, predicate","role":"head of the phrase","gloss":"sluggish"}]},{"number":8,"label":"8","id":"das-kind-s2-l4","source":"und sie merken gar nicht, wie es trägt–;","translation":"and they do not notice at all how it bears–;","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-kind-s2-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"merken gar nicht … wie es trägt","title":"Indirect question after noticing","body":"wie es trägt means 'how it bears', with wie introducing an indirect question after merken, 'to notice'. gar nicht strengthens the negation nicht, 'not at all'."}],"words":[{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on merken","gloss":"and"},{"surface":"sie","lemma":"sie","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, plural","role":"subject of merken","gloss":"they"},{"surface":"merken","lemma":"merken","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, plural","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"notice"},{"surface":"gar","lemma":"gar","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on nicht","gloss":"at all"},{"surface":"nicht","lemma":"nicht","morphology":"particle","role":"depends on merken","gloss":"not"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on trägt–","gloss":"how"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of trägt–","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"trägt–","lemma":"tragen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"depends on merken","gloss":"bears"}]},{"number":9,"label":"9","id":"das-kind-s3-l1","source":"wie es alles trägt, auch dann, noch immer,","translation":"how it bears everything, even then, still even now,","stanza":3,"audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-kind-s3-l1.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"es alles trägt","title":"Fixed phrase, still even now","body":"noch immer is a fixed phrase meaning 'still, even now', combining noch, 'still', with immer, 'always'. wie es alles trägt, auch dann, noch immer means 'how it bears everything, even then, still even now'."}],"words":[{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on trägt","gloss":"how"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of trägt","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"alles","lemma":"alle","morphology":"pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on trägt","gloss":"everything"},{"surface":"trägt","lemma":"tragen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"bears"},{"surface":"auch","lemma":"auch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on dann","gloss":"even"},{"surface":"dann","lemma":"dann","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on trägt","gloss":"then"},{"surface":"noch","lemma":"noch","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on trägt","gloss":"still","note":"'noch immer' together is an idiom meaning 'still, even now.'"},{"surface":"immer","lemma":"immer","morphology":"adverb","role":"depends on noch","gloss":"always"}]},{"number":10,"label":"10","id":"das-kind-s3-l2","source":"wenn es müde in dem kleinen Kleid","translation":"when, tired, in its little dress","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-kind-s3-l2.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"wenn es müde … sitzt","title":"Temporal clause delays the verb","body":"wenn, 'when', introduces a subordinate clause, so its verb sitzt is delayed to the end of the sentence, appearing two lines later. wenn es müde in dem kleinen Kleid means 'when, tired, in its little dress'."}],"words":[{"surface":"wenn","lemma":"wenn","morphology":"subordinating conjunction","role":"depends on sitzt","gloss":"when"},{"surface":"es","lemma":"es","morphology":"pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular","role":"subject of sitzt","gloss":"it"},{"surface":"müde","lemma":"müde","morphology":"adjective, uninflected, predicate","role":"depends on sitzt","gloss":"tired"},{"surface":"in","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on sitzt","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"dem","lemma":"der","morphology":"determiner, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Kleid","gloss":"the"},{"surface":"kleinen","lemma":"klein","morphology":"adjective, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on Kleid","gloss":"little"},{"surface":"Kleid","lemma":"Kleid","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on in","gloss":"dress"}]},{"number":11,"label":"11","id":"das-kind-s3-l3","source":"neben ihnen wie im Wartezimmer","translation":"beside them as in a waiting room","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-kind-s3-l3.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"vocabulary","term":"wie im Wartezimmer","title":"Comparing the scene to waiting","body":"Wartezimmer means 'waiting room', combining warten, 'to wait', with Zimmer, 'room'. wie im Wartezimmer means 'as in a waiting room', comparing the scene to sitting and waiting there."}],"words":[{"surface":"neben","lemma":"neben","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on sitzt","gloss":"beside"},{"surface":"ihnen","lemma":"ihnen","morphology":"pronoun, dative, plural","role":"depends on neben","gloss":"them"},{"surface":"wie","lemma":"wie","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on neben","gloss":"as"},{"surface":"im","lemma":"in","morphology":"preposition","role":"depends on wie","gloss":"in"},{"surface":"Wartezimmer","lemma":"Wartezimmer","morphology":"noun, dative, neuter, singular","role":"depends on im","gloss":"waiting room"}]},{"number":12,"label":"12","id":"das-kind-s3-l4","source":"sitzt und warten will auf seine Zeit.","translation":"sits and means to wait for its own time.","audio":"https://audio.1732studios.com/rilke/das-kind-s3-l4.m4a","notes":[{"kind":"grammar","term":"warten will auf seine Zeit","title":"Verb plus preposition, accusative object","body":"warten auf means 'to wait for'; auf here takes the accusative, seine Zeit, 'its own time'. warten will combines wollen, 'to want, to mean to', with the infinitive warten, 'to wait': 'means to wait'."}],"words":[{"surface":"sitzt","lemma":"sitzen","morphology":"verb, present, indicative, third-person, singular","role":"main verb of the sentence","gloss":"sits"},{"surface":"und","lemma":"und","morphology":"conjunction","role":"depends on 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