Dos canciones de Rilke

Song Cycle by Juan José Castro (1895 - 1968)

1. Eau qui se presse  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Eau qui se presse, qui court — eau oublieuse 
que la distraite terre boit, 
hésite un petit instant dans ma main creuse, 
    souvient-toi !

Clair et rapide amour, indifférence, 
presque absence qui court, 
entre ton trop d'arrivée et ton trop de partance 
    tremble un peu de séjour.

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

  • ENG English (Laura (Pranada) Sylvis) , "Rushing, running water", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Water that presses on", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with The Complete French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, Saint Paul: Greywolf Press, 1986, Page 154.


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2. Chanson

Language: French (Français) 
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Total word count: 46