English translation of Du, der ichs nicht sage
by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Du, der ichs nicht sage", op. 8 (Zwei Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke) no. 1 (1910)Note: this is a translation of one multi-text setting.
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Du, der ichs nicht sage, daß ich bei Nacht weinend liege, deren Wesen mich müde macht wie eine Wiege. Du, die mir nicht sagt, wenn sie wacht Meinetwillen: wie, wenn wir diese Pracht ohne zu stillen in uns ertrügen?
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- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1910, appears in Aus dem Nachlaß, in Lied, no. 1
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Sieh dir die Liebenden an, wenn erst das Bekennen begann, wie bald sie lügen.
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- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Aus dem Nachlaß, in Lied, no. 2
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You, whom I am not telling that I lie Crying at night, Whose being tires me Like a cradle. You, who does not tell me when she stays awake On my account: What if we endured this richness Without dissipation, Only within ourselves?
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Look at the lovers, Once confessing became their game, How soon they start lying.
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Translation © by Knut W. Barde