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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ich glaube an Alles noch nie Gesagte
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Ich glaube an Alles noch nie Gesagte.
Ich will meine frömmsten Gefühle befrein.
Was noch keiner zu wollen wagte,
wird mir einmal unwillkürlich sein.

Ist das vermessen, mein Gott, vergieb.
Aber ich will dir damit nur sagen:
Meine beste Kraft soll sein wie ein Trieb,
so ohne Zürnen und ohne Zagen;
so haben dich ja die Kinder lieb.

Mit diesem Hinfluten, mit diesem Münden
in breiten Armen ins offene Meer,
mit dieser wachsenden Wiederkehr
will ich dich bekennen, will ich dich verkünden
wie keiner vorher.

Und ist das Hoffahrt, so lass mich hoffährtig sein
für mein Gebet,
das so ernst und allein
vor deiner wolkigen Stirne steht.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   S. Ebel •   D. Thomas 

D. Thomas sets stanzas 1-3
S. Ebel sets stanzas 1-3
G. Gordon sets stanza 3

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Werke, kommentierte Ausgabe in vier Bänden, Band 1 Gedichte 1895 bis 1910, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel und Ulrich Fülleborn, Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1996, page 162.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Alles noch nie Gesagte", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 12, first published 1905 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Steven Ebel , "Wie keiner", 2010, stanzas 1-3 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano ], from Der Schatzgräber, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Siegfried Fournes (1896 - 1932), "Ich glaube an alles noch nie Gesagte", copyright © 1978 [ voice and piano ], from Gesamtausgabe der Lieder von Siegfried Fournes, no. 35, Steinkirchen : G. Fournes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Geoffrey Gordon (b. 1968), "Fluss", published 2018, stanza 3 [ soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass ], from Fluss Land Stadt, no. 1, [United States] : SpencerSongs Music [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eugenia Manolides (b. 1975), "Ich glaube an Alles", 2001-2002 [ soprano, tenor and orchestra ], from Rilke-Lieder [sung text not yet checked]
  • by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958), "Ein Gebet", published 2003, stanzas 1-3 [ high voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tout ce qui est encore non dit", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , David Evan Thomas

This text was added to the website: 2006-06-14
Line count: 18
Word count: 107

Tout ce qui est encore non dit
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Je crois à tout ce qui est encore non dit.
Je veux libérer mes sentiments les plus pieux.
Ce que personne n'a encore osé vouloir
sera un jour spontanément à moi.

Si c'est de l'audace, mon Dieu, pardonne.
Mais je veux juste te dire :
Ma plus grande force devra être comme une pulsion,
sans courroux ni hésitation ;
c'est ainsi que les enfants t'ont aimé.

Avec cet épanchement, avec cette affluence
les bras largement ouverts en pleine mer,
avec cette récurrence croissante
je veux t'avouer que je t'annoncerai
comme personne auparavant.

Et si c'est de l'orgueil, alors laisse-moi être orgueilleux
pour ma prière
qui si sérieuse et seule,
se tient devant ton front brumeux.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 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), "Alles noch nie Gesagte", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 12, first published 1905
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This text was added to the website: 2013-01-22
Line count: 18
Word count: 113

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