by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Translation © by Walter A. Aue

A Never World
 (Sung text for setting by P. Whear)
 See original
Language: English 
Our translations:  GER
 ... 

 ... 
 ...  Come, my friends,
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew

Tho' much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 4:13-21,5 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by Paul William Whear (b. 1925), "A Never World", published 1974, stanzas 4:13-21,5 [ SATB chorus, brass sextet, and timpani ]

Text Authorship:

See other settings of this text.

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Ulysses", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-21
Line count: 70
Word count: 567

Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
 ... 

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 4:13-21,5 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2010 by Walter A. Aue, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

    Walter A. Aue.  Contact: waue (AT) dal (DOT) ca

    If you wish to commission a new translation, please contact:

Based on:

Go to the general single-text view


This text was added to the website: 2010-03-26
Line count: 18
Word count: 128