by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Dis‑moi, rose, d'où vient
Language: French (Français)
Dis-moi, rose, d'où vient qu'en toi-même enclose, ta lente essence impose à cet espace en prose tous ces transports aériens ? Combien de dois cet air prétend que les choses le trouent, ou, avec une moue, il se montre amer. Tandis qu'autour de ta chair, rose, il fait la roue.
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Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 3. Les Roses, no. 20, 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 Hansheinz Schneeberger (1926 - 2019), "Rose", published c1970 [ voice and violin ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-19
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