by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943)
Nur wer die Leier schon hob
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Nur wer die Leier schon hob auch unter Schatten darf das unendliche Lob ahnend erstatten. Nur wer mit Toten vom Mohn aß, von dem ihren, wird nicht den leisesten Ton wieder verlieren. Mag auch die Spieglung im Teich oft uns verschwimmen: Wisse das Bild. Erst in dem Doppelbereich werden die Stimmen ewig und mild.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 9
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 54
Language: German (Deutsch) after the German (Deutsch)
Only he whose bright lyre [ ... ]
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Composition:
- Set to music by Richard Danielpour (b. 1956), "Elegy", subtitle: "Sonnet IX", 1994, published 1995 [ baritone and chamber orchestra ], from Sonnets to Orpheus (Book I), no. 3, Associated Music Publishers
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 9
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 55