Beyond the borders of all we know, you ponder thoughtfully | Beyond the borders of all we know, you ponder thoughtfully

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by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg

Translation © by Anne Ozorio

Über die Grenzen des All

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA

Über die Grenzen des All blicktest du sinnend hinaus;
Hattest nie Sorge um Hof und Haus!
Leben und Traum vom Leben, plötzlich ist alles aus - - -.
Über die Grenzen des All blickst du noch sinnend hinaus!

Text Authorship:

by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg [author's text not yet checked 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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Über die Grenzen des All", from Fünf Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "Sobre les fronteres de l'univers", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Anne Ozorio) , "Beyond the borders of all we know, you ponder thoughtfully", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Oltre i confini dell'universo", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 36

Beyond the borders of all we know, you ponder thoughtfully

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Beyond the borders of all we know, you ponder thoughtfully, 
You'd never worry about hearth and home.
Yet Life, and the dream of life - it can suddenly vanish.
Beyond the borders of all we know, you ponder thoughtfully.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 38