by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Ruth Schonthal (1924 - 2006)
Weisse Seelen mit den Silberschwingen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Weisse Seelen mit den Silberschwingen, Kinderseelen, die noch niemals sangen, - die nur leis in immer weitern Ringen zu dem Leben ziehn, vor dem sie bangen, werdet ihr nicht euren Traum enttäuschen, wenn die Stimmen draußen euch erwachen, - und ihr könnt aus tausent Taggeräuschen nicht mehr lösen euer Liederlachen?
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Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Weisse Seelen mit den Silberschwingen", appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier [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 (Rudolf) Walther Hirschberg (1889 - 1960), "Kinderseelen", op. 43 no. 4 (1937) [ medium voice and piano ], from Buch der Bilder; Zwölf Lieder, no. 4, Berlin : Verlag der Signale für die musikalische Welt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ruth Schonthal (1924 - 2006), "Weisse Seelen", 1941-1946 [ soprano and piano ], from Acht Lieder, no. 1, Southern Music Company [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "Weiße Seelen mit den Silberschwingen", 1939 [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder: 20 poems from Frühe Gedichte (Rainer Maria Rilke), no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Ruth Schonthal) , "White souls", copyright ©
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 50
White souls
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
White souls with the silver wings [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Ruth Schonthal (1924 - 2006), "White souls", copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Weisse Seelen mit den Silberschwingen", appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 56