by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Vues des Anges, les cimes des arbres...
Language: French (Français)
Vues des Anges, les cimes des arbres peut-être sont des racines, buvant les cieux; et dans le sol, les profondes racines d'un hêtre leur semblent des faîtes silencieux. Pour eux, la terre, n'est-elle point transparente en face d'un ciel, plein comme un corps? Cette terre ardente, où se lamente auprès des sources l'oubli des morts.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1924-5, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 38, first published 1926 [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 Hans Kox (b. 1930), "Vues des anges", 1959 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard Reichel (1901 - 1992), "Vues des anges", 1951 [ 4 voices and piano ], from 10 Petits canons, no. 4, Manuscript [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludovic Thirvaudey (b. 1980), "...des racines, buvant les cieux...", 2011 [ string quartet ], Manuscript [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joop Voorn (1932 - 2021), "Vues des anges", 2011, published 2014, copyright © 2014 [ voice and clarinet ], from Vues des anges, no. 4, Rijswijk, the Netherlands : : Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Seen by Angels", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Engelsschau", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-06
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