by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)
Sprich nicht immer
Language: German (Deutsch)
Sprich nicht immer Von dem laub · Windes raub · Vom zerschellen Reifer quitten · Von den tritten Der vernichter Spät im jahr. Von dem zittern Der libellen In gewittern Und der lichter Deren flimmer Wandelbar.
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Confirmed with Stefan George, Die Bücher der Hirten- und Preisgedichte, der Sagen und Sänge und der hängenden Gärten. Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 3, Berlin, 1930, page 110.
Text Authorship:
- by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der hängenden Gärten [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Sprich nicht immer", op. 15 no. 14 (1908-9), from Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "No parlis sempre", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Do not always speak", copyright © 2017, (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) , "Non parlare sempre", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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