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After the blast of lightning from the East, The flourish of loud clouds, the Chariot Throne; After the drums of time have rolled and ceased, And by the bronze west long retreat is blown, Shall life renew these bodies? Of a truth All death will He annul, all tears assuage? - [Or fill these void veins full again with youth]1, And wash, with an immortal water, Age? When I do ask white Age he saith not so: "My head hangs weighed with snow." And when I hearken to the Earth, she saith: "My fiery heart shrinks, aching. It is death. Mine ancient scars shalls not be glorified, Nor my titanic tears, the sea, be dried."
First published in the Saturday Westminster Gazette, 1919.
1 Britten: "Fill the void veins of Life again with youth"Authorship
- by Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918), "The end" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Elaine Hugh-Jones (b. 1927), "The end" [tenor or baritone and piano or orchestra], from Songs of War, no. 4. [text not verified]
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- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Sanctus", op. 66 no. 4, published 1961 [soprano, tenor, baritone, satb chorus, boys' chorus, orchestra, chamber orchestra, organ], from the collection War Requiem, no. 4..
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "La fin", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-08
Line count: 14
Word count: 115
Després de l’esclat de llampecs a llevant, el brandir de núvols sorollosos, el Tron-Carruatge; després que els tambors del Temps han redoblat i callat i que les cornetes de l’oest han tocat a llarga retreta, reprendrà la vida en aquests cossos? En veritat, anul•larà tota la mort, eixugarà totes les llàgrimes? – O omplirà totes aquestes venes buides de joventut, i amb una aigua immortal purificarà la senectut? Quan pregunto a la blanca senectut, no em diu pas: “El meu cap penja sota el pes de la neu.” I quan escolto la Terra, ella em diu: “El meu cor ardit s’encongeix de dolor. És mort. Les meves antigues cicatrius no han de ser glorificades, ni la meva immensa mar de llàgrimes assecada.”
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- Translation from English to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2016 by Salvador Pila, (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 English by Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918), "The end"
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-30
Line count: 14
Word count: 122