by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Solitude
Language: French (Français)
De tendresses pleines les mains, et nul qui ferait la vendange ! Faut-il crier aux anges ? Hélas ! notre trop-plein devant eux devient indigence. Notre appel qui s'élance n'est qu'un bruyant voisin de l'indifférence.
Confirmed with Poèmes français. Vergers. Les Roses. Les Fenêtres. Carnet de Poche. Poèmes épars, Paris: Paul Hartmann, ed., 1935, page 115.
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Solitude", appears in Poèmes français, in 5. Carnet de Poche [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 Raffaele d'Alessandro (1911 - 1959), "Solitude", op. 21 (Trois chants) no. 1 (1938) [ alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Colin (1921 - 2002), "Solitude", op. 20 no. 5 (1948-52) [ soprano and piano ], from Cinq poèmes français de Rainer-Marie Rilke , no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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