Alors l'heure se penche et me touche | Alors l'heure se penche et me touche

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Die Stunde

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Da neigt sich die Stunde und rührt mich an
mit klarem, metallenem Schlag:
mir zittern die Sinne. Ich fühle: ich kann -
und ich fasse den plastischen Tag.

Nichts war  ...  vollendet, eh ich es erschaut,
ein jedes Werden stand still.
Meine Blicke sind reif, und wie eine Braut
kommt jedem das Ding, das er will.

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Steven Ebel

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Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Da neigt sich die Stunde", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 1, first published 1905

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ENG English (Walter A. Aue) , "The hour is turning", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Alors l'heure se penche et me touche", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Alors l'heure se penche et me touche

(Sung text translation for setting by S. Ebel)

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

Alors l'heure se penche et me touche, 
d'un coup clair et métallique : 
mes sens en tremblent. Je sens que je peux -- 
et je saisis le jour malléable. 

Rien n'était achevé avant que je ne l'aie vu, 
tout devenir est immobile. 
Mes regards sont mûrs, et comme une épouse, 
arrive à chacun la chose qu'il veut. 

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Da neigt sich die Stunde", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 1, first published 1905
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