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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Pays, arrêté à mi‑chemin
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Pays, arrêté à mi-chemin
entre la terre et les cieux,
aux voix d'eau et d'airain,
doux et dur, jeune et vieux,

comme une offrande levée
vers d'accueillantes mains :
beau pays, achevé,
chaud comme le pain !

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   D. Milhaud 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 2. Les Quatrains Valaisans, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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