Est-ce que la douleur | Est-ce que la douleur, lorsque le tranchant de la charrue

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Translation © by Stéphane Goldet, Pierre de Rosamel

Ist Schmerz, sobald an eine neue Schicht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Ist Schmerz, sobald an eine neue Schicht
die Pflugschar reicht, die sicher eingesetzte,
ist Schmerz nicht gut? Und welches ist der letzte,
der uns in allen Schmerzen unterbricht?

Wieviel ist aufzuleiden. Wann war Zeit,
das andre, leichtere Gefühl zu leisten?
Und doch erkenn ich, besser als die meisten
einst Auferstehenden, die Seligkeit.

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Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ist Schmerz, sobald an eine neue Schicht die Pflugschar reicht", written 1913, appears in Gedichte an die Nacht [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 Robert Haas (1886 - 1960), "Schmerz", c1919-c1944 [ voice and piano ], from 25 Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 20 [sung text not yet checked]
by Roland Voortman (b. 1953), "Ist Schmerz, sobald an eine neue Schicht", 1986 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Est-ce que la douleur", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Est‑ce que la douleur

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Est-ce que la douleur, lorsque le tranchant de la charrue,
profondément enfoncé, en atteint une nouvelle strate,
est-ce que la douleur n'est pas salutaire ? 
Et quid de l'ultime strate, qui nous affranchit de toutes les douleurs ?

Tant à souffrir encore. Où est le temps où l'on pouvait
se consacrer à l'autre sentiment, moins accablant ?
Et cependant, je la reconnais, cette béatitude,
mieux que la plupart de ceux qui sont promis à la résurrection.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ist Schmerz, sobald an eine neue Schicht die Pflugschar reicht", written 1913, appears in Gedichte an die Nacht
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-30
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Word count: 73