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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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- 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]
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- 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 Andrew Hudson , "Wandelt sich rasch auch die Welt", from Drei Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Margaret Dows Herter Norton Crena de Iongh, née Herter (1894 - 1985) , appears in Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, copyright © FRE ; composed by David Leo Diamond, George Perle.
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-18
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Word count: 57
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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- 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