by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Am Strande
Language: German (Deutsch)
Vorüber die Flut. Noch braust es fern. Wild Wasser und oben Stern an Stern. Wer sah es wohl, O selig Land, Wie dich die Welle Überwand. Noch braust es fern. Der Nachtwind bringt Erinnerung und eine Welle Verlief im Sand.
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Am Strande", 1907-8/9. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , title 1: "At the shore", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Sur la plage", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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