by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961)
The unutterable
Language: English
I am all that hath been, is, and shall be, And my veil hath no mortal yet uncovered. I was yesterday, and I know the morrow, I am the lonely one, the ever-silent, Sleeping upon the heaven's endless ocean. I am Death and Birth, the night and morning, Unfathomed mystery surrounds me. From the beginning was my being, Mightier than speech, my voice is silence!
Authorship
- by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961) [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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "The unutterable", 1897, published 1898 [voice and piano], from Songs of the East III: Songs of Egypt, no. 3, Breitkopf und Härtel [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Franz Hermann Schneider) , "Der Unaussprechliche"
Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-19
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Word count: 65