by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943)
Wir sind die Treibenden
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Wir sind die Treibenden. Aber den Schritt der Zeit, nehmt ihn als Kleinigkeit im immer Bleibenden. Alles das Eilende wird schon vorüber sein ; denn das Verweilende erst weiht uns ein. Knaben, o werft den Mut nicht in die Schnelligkeit, nicht in den Flugversuch. Alles ist ausgeruht : Dunkel und Helligkeit, Blume und Buch.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 22
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- 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: 2010-03-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 52
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
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- Set to music by Richard Danielpour (b. 1956), "Tarantella", subtitle: "Sonnet XXII", 1994, published 1995 [ baritone and chamber orchestra ], from Sonnets to Orpheus (Book I), no. 4, 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. 22
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