by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Advice to a Girl
Language: English
Our translations: GER
No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed; Lay that on your heart, My young angry dear; This truth, this hard and precious stone, Lay it on your hot cheek, Let it hide your tear. Hold it like a crystal When you are alone And gaze in the depths of the icy stone. Long, look long and you will be blessed: No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed.
Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Advice to a Girl", appears in Strange Victory, first published 1933 [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 Robert F. Baksa (b. 1938), "Advice to a Girl", from Teasdale Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jeanne Behrend (1911 - 1988), "Advice to a Girl", published 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Six Teasdale Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Starer (1924 - 2001), "Advice to a Girl", published 1951 [ medium voice or high voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Einem Mädchen zum Rat", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-12-28
Line count: 13
Word count: 69