L'apressat rierol | Rierol, rierol, com pots corre de pressa

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by Eleonore van der Straaten (1873 - 1960)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Das eilende Bächlein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT

Bächlein, Bächlein, wie du eilen kannst,
Rasch, geschäftig ohne Rast und Ruh'!
Wie du Steinchen mit dir nimmst - 
Schau' dir gerne zu!

Doch das Bächlein spricht zu mir:
"Siehst du, liebes Kind,
Wie die Welle eilt und rast
Und vorüberrinnt?"

"Jeder Tropfen ist ein Tag,
Jede Welle gleicht dem Jahr -
Und du, - du stehst am Ufer nur,
sagst dir still: es war."

Text Authorship:

by Eleonore van der Straaten (1873 - 1960) [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 Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Das eilende Bächlein", op. 27 no. 2, from Unvergänglichkeit, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L'apressat rierol", copyright © 2012, (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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

L'apressat rierol

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Rierol, rierol, com pots corre de pressa,
veloç, trafegut, sense pausa ni descans!
M'agrada mirar
com t'emportes les pedretes.

Però el rierol em parla i diu:
"Veus tu, estimat infant,
com l'onada s'apressa, s'atura
i passa de llarg?"

"Cada gota és un dia,
cada onada és igual a un any,
i tu, dret a la riba, sols
et dius fluixet a tu mateix: això era."

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2012 by Salvador Pila, (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 Eleonore van der Straaten (1873 - 1960)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 65