Eure Kinder
from The Prophet (1923)
by Kinley Lange
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB choir a cappella (SATB choir)

SKU: AN.AMP-0710

From The Prophet (1923). Composed by Kinley Lange. Octavo. Alliance Music Publications #AMP 0710. Published by Alliance Music Publications (AN.AMP-0710).

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text: German translation from Khalil Gibran's The Prophet

from The Prophet (1923)

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

from The Prophet (1923)

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.