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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé
Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt wie Wolkengestalten, alles Vollendete fällt heim zum Uralten. Über dem Wandel und Gang, weiter und freier, währt noch dein Vor-Gesang, Gott mit der Leier. Nicht sind die Leiden erkannt, nicht ist die Liebe gelernt, und was im Tod uns entfernt, ist nicht entschleiert. Einzig das Lied überm Land heiligt und feiert.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 19 [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 Arthur Victor Berger (b. 1912), "Sonnet", copyright © 1982 [ tenor and piano ], from Five songs, no. 2, Ship Bottom, N.J. : Association for the Promotion of New Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by Günter Bialas (1907 - 1992), "Wandelt sich", 1946 [ medium voice and orchestra ], from Orpheus singt. Sonette an Orpheus für mittlere Stimme und Orchester, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harrison Birtwistle, Sir (1934 - 2022), "Elegy 14, Sonnet I, 19", 2003-04, first performed 2004 [ oboe, harp and countertenor ], from Orpheus elegies, no. 4, Boosey & Hawkes [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Büchtger (1903 - 1978), "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt", 1951 [ voice and piano ], from Orpheus, no. 4, Orlando Musikverlag Gartenmaier KG [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Büchtger (1903 - 1978), "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt", op. 7 no. 4, published [1935] [ men's chorus ], from Den Toten : Vier Männerchöre, no. 4, Köln am Rhein : Tischer & Jagenberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert DeCormier (1922 - 2017), "Sonnet No.21." [ mixed chorus ], from Four Sonnets to Orpheus, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Wandelt sich rasch", copyright © 2012 [ tenor and piano ], from Sonnets to Orpheus, no. 19, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Peter Michael Hamel (b. 1947), "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt", 2016, published 2017 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vier Sonette an Orpheus, no. 1, Berlin, Verlag Neue Musik [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Hawkins (b. 1944), "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt", 1997, first performed 1998 [ tenor and piano ], from Drei Sonette an Orpheus, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinz Höne (1924 - 2008), "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt" [ mixed chorus ], from Sonette an Orpheus, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrew Hudson , "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt", from Drei Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Volker David Kirchner (b. 1942), "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt", 1968/87, copyright © 1989 [ baritone, horn and piano ], from Orfeo, no. 3, Mainz [etc.] : Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Birgitta Lutz , "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt", 2010 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincent Manac'h (b. 1973 ), "Orpheus", 2002 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans-Jürg Meier (1964 - 2015), "Lied überm Land", 2011 [ vocal quartet ], from ...und die Musik, immer neu, baut im unbrauchbaren Raum..., no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rósa Lind Page (b. 1956), "Einziges lied", 2005, first performed 2005 [ oboe d'amore, strings, chorus, and bonsho ], Australian Music Centre [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roman Palester (1907 - 1989), "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt", 1952 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Drei Sonetten Orpheus : für Sopran und orchester , no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hanning Schroeder (1896 - 1987), "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt", 1925, first performed 1986 [ soprano, flute,clarinet, viola and violoncello ], from cantata Rilke-Kantate, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Strauß-König (b. 1930), "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt", copyright © 1956 [ men's chorus ], from Festliche Musik, no. 2, Bremen : Edition Eres [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Velten (b. 1937), "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt" [ mixed chorus ], from Drei Gesänge nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Konstantin Wladigeroff (b. 1978) and by Alexander Wladigeroff (b. 1978), "Die Sonette an Orpheus I, XIX", 2020 [ countertenor and chamber orchestra ], from Magie; Hommage an Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985) , appears in Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, copyright © ; composed by Walter Arlen, David Leo Diamond, George Perle.
- Also set in English, a translation by James Blair Leishman (1902 - 1963) , no title ; composed by Colin Matthews.
- Also set in English, a translation by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943) , copyright © ; composed by Richard Danielpour.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Greinem Izrailevich Ratgauz (1934 - 2011) , no title, copyright © ; composed by Vladislav Mikhailovich Lebedev.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 57
Le monde se modifie aussi vite
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Le monde se modifie aussi vite que l'apparence des nuages, tout l'accompli retourne à son origine immémoriale. Sur la mutation et le passage, plus ample et plus libre, ton pré-chant dure encore, Dieu à la lyre. On ne reconnaît pas les souffrances, l'amour n'est pas appris, et ce qui nous éloigne dans la mort n'est pas dévoilé. Seul le chant sur la terre consacre et célèbre.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Pierre Mathé, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 19
This text was added to the website: 2010-06-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 66