Nada te turbe. Nada te espante. Todo se pasa. Dios no se muda. La paciencia Todo lo alcanza. Quien a Dios tiene Nada le falta. Sólo Dios basta.
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515 - 1582), from a poem found in a breviary owned by her. [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 Lynn Steele (1951 - 2002), "Breviario" [ soprano and English handbells or harp ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882) , no title, first published 1871 ; composed by David Conte, David Leo Diamond, Jenö Takacs, Joelle Wallach.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Lynn Steele
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 28
Let nothing disturb thee, Nothing afright thee; All things are passing; God never changeth. Patient endurance Attaineth [to all]1 things; Who God possesseth [In nothing]2 is wanting; Alone God sufficeth.
About the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotesConfirmed with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poets and Poetry of Europe, Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1896, page 886.
1 Wallach: "all"2 Wallach: "Nothing"
Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), no title, first published 1871 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) possibly by Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515 - 1582)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by David Conte (b. 1955), "Prayer of St. Theresa", published 1998 [ soprano, organ ], from Songs of Consolation, no. 1, Boston, E. C. Schirmer Music Company; confirmed with a score [sung text checked 1 time]
- by David Leo Diamond (1915 - 2005), "Let nothing disturb thee", published 1945 [ medium voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jenö Takacs (1902 - 2005), "Let nothing disturb thee" [ SSA chorus or SATB chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joelle Wallach (b. 1946), "Orison of Ste. Theresa" [ satb chorus, string orchestra, and harp ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , George Miller [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-11
Line count: 9
Word count: 32