by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free...
Language: English 
Our translations:  CAT FRE GER
This is thy hour, O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless,
Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done,
Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best,
Night, sleep, death, and the stars.

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Portions of this text were used in Idyll by Frederick Delius.


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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
Dies ist deine Stunde, o Seele, dein freier Flug in das Wortlose.
Fort von Büchern, fort von der Kunst, der Tag ausgelöscht, die Arbeit getan.
Du, ganz emportauchend, lautlos, schauend, den Dingen nachsinnend, die du am meisten liebst:
Nacht, Schlaf, Tod und die Sterne.

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This text was added to the website: 2009-08-23
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