by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Si ta fraîcheur parfois nous étonne tant
Language: French (Français)
Si ta fraîcheur parfois nous étonne tant, heureuse rose, c'est qu'en toi-même, en dedans, pétale contre pétale, tu te reposes. Ensemble tout évéillé, dont le milieu dort, pendant qu'innombrables, se touchent les tendresses de ce cœur silencieux qui aboutissent à l'extrême bouche.
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Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 3. Les Roses, no. 1, first published 1927 [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 Rokus de Groot (b. 1947), "Heureuse rose", copyright © 2014 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Visser (b. 1939), "Si ta fraîcheur", published 1987, copyright © 1987 [ voice and piano ], from Les roses, no. 1, Houten : Ascolta [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 42